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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
| Synonyms: | P.I., agent, bloodhound, cop, dick, eavesdropper, flatfoot, gumshoe, investigator, police officer, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sleuthhound, spy, tail, tracker |
| Main Entry: | inspector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examiner |
| Synonyms: | assessor, auditor, checker, controller, detective, investigator, monitor, overseer, police officer, private eye, reviewer, scrutinizer, sleuth, tester |
| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Main Entry: | private eye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | private detective |
| Synonyms: | P.I., agent, bird dog, bloodhound, cop, dick, peeper, private investigator, sleuth, snoop, tail |
| Main Entry: | scout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is searching, investigating |
| Synonyms: | advance, adventurer, detective, escort, explorer, guard, lookout, outpost, outrider, patrol, picket, pioneer, precursor, reconnoiterer, recruiter, runner, sleuth, spotter, spy, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | target |
| Main Entry: | snoop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who noses around |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper |
| Main Entry: | spy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who secretly finds out about another's business |
| Synonyms: | agent, detective, double agent, emissary, espionage agent, foreign agent, informer, inside agent, intelligencer, investigator, lookout, mole, observer, operative, patrol, picket, plant*, scout, secret agent, secret service, sleeper, sleuth, snoop, spook, spotter, undercover agent, watcher |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secretly follow, watch another's actions |
| Synonyms: | case, catch sight of, discover, examine, eyeball, fish out, get a load of, glimpse, keep under surveillance, look for, meddle, notice, observe, peep, pry, recon, reconnoiter, scout, scrutinize, search, set eyes on, shadow, sleuth, snoop, spot, stag, stake out, tail, take in, take note, trail, view, watch |
| Main Entry: | eavesdropper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | listener |
| Synonyms: | auditor, hearer, sleuth, snoop, wiretapper |
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