detective

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a police officer who investigates crimes (Freq. 27)
• Syn:
investigator, tec, police detective
• Derivationally related forms:
investigate (for: investigator)
• Hypernyms:
policeman, police officer, officer
• Hyponyms:
dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, plainclothesman, tracer
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
investigator
• Hyponyms:
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative,
shamus, sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  investigator, tec, police detective