DETECTIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does detective mean?
• DETECTIVE (noun)
The noun DETECTIVE has 2 senses:
1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Familiarity information: DETECTIVE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DETECTIVE (noun)
Meaning:
A police officer who investigates crimes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
detective; police detective; tec; investigator
Hypernyms ("detective" is a kind of...):
officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "detective"):
dick; gumshoe; hawkshaw (someone who is a detective)
plainclothesman (a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty)
tracer (an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods)
Meaning:
An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("detective" is a kind of...):
investigator (someone who investigates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "detective"):
operative; PI; private detective; private eye; private investigator; shamus; sherlock (someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information)
sleuth; sleuthhound (a detective who follows a trail)
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