Word

detective, n.
(detectives)
freq. cnt. 28

a police officer who investigates crimes
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 1

detective investigator police detective tec

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

investigate

semantic pointers

hypernym

policeman, officer, police officer

hyponym

dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw plainclothesman tracer

an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

detective

semantic pointers

hypernym

investigator

hyponym

private eye, private detective, PI, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock sleuth, sleuthhound