| Main Entry: |
investigator
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| 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: | 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: | researcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | research worker |
| Synonyms: | analyst, analyzer, clinician, experimenter, investigator, scientist, tester |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | examiner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tester |
| Synonyms: | analyst, appraiser, assayer, auditor, checker, inquirer, inquisitor, inspector, interrogator, investigator, prober, proctor, questioner, quizmaster, quizzer, researcher, reviewer, scrutinizer |
| Main Entry: | private detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | private investigator |
| Synonyms: | PI, Sherlock Holmes, beagle, detective, dick, eye, flatfoot, gumshoe, inquiry agent, inspector, investigator, operative, private dick, private eye, skip tracer, sleuth, sleuthhound, spotter, tec |
| Main Entry: | gumshoe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
| Synonyms: | cop, dick, flatfoot, investigator, sleuth, sneaker, tec |
| Main Entry: | inquirer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioner |
| Synonyms: | Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquisitor, inspector, investigator, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prober, prosecutor, querier, quester, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |