Synonyms and Antonyms of private detective
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons
- when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective
Synonyms of private detective
detective, dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound
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