Definitions

dick

[dik] / dɪk /

NOUN

detective

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agent informer police officer private eye private investigator prosecutor reporter sleuth spy

STRONG

analyst bloodhound bull constable cop eavesdropper eye fed fink flatfoot gumshoe nark peeper roper scout sergeant shadow shamus shoofly snoop tail

WEAK

P.I. Sherlock Holmes bird dog plainclothes officer slewfoot

NOUN

gumshoe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

detective sleuth

STRONG

cop flatfoot investigator sneaker tec

NOUN

private detective

Synonyms

STRONGEST

detective gumshoe private eye private investigator sleuth

WEAK

P.I. Sherlock Holmes beagle flatfoot inquiry agent inspector investigator operative private dick skip tracer sleuthhound spotter tec

NOUN

private investigator

Synonyms

STRONGEST

P.I. inquiry agent private detective private dick private eye private investigator sleuth

STRONG

detective gumshoe investigator

WEAK

Sherlock Holmes agent beagle bird dog bloodhound skip tracer sleuthhound snoop spotter

NOUN

sleuth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gumshoe private detective private eye

STRONG

agent bloodhound cop eavesdropper flatfoot investigator sleuthhound spy tail tracker

WEAK

P.I. police officer private investigator

Example Sentences

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Three men, actor Pete POSTLETHWAITE, DENNIS, a publicist, and DICK, a producer, sit supping pints of Guinness.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2011

DICK: They said a good deal in Latin.

From Plays by Glaspell, Susan

I beg pardon, my Lord and Gentlemen—DICK REDMOND—simple, gushing, explosive DICK.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 by Various

DICK: But I should say the war did leave enough madness to give you a gleam of hope.

From Plays by Glaspell, Susan

He was too sweet and boyish about it for words and I am going to take a snapshot at him and put his picture in Scribner's—"he only stands about so high—" DICK.

From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Davis, Charles Belmont

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