| Main Entry: |
eavesdropper
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | listener |
| Synonyms: | auditor, hearer, sleuth, snoop, wiretapper |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
| Synonyms: | P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | sleuth |
| 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: | 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: | prier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snoop |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper |
| Main Entry: | snooper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snoop |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt-in, detective, eavesdropper, ferret, gumshoe, meddler, peeping Tom, pragmatist, prier, pry, pryer, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth |
| Main Entry: | monitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches, oversees |
| Synonyms: | adviser, auditor, counselor, director, eaves-dropper, guide, informant, invigilator, listener, overseer, supervisor, watchdog |