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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who talks a lot, spreads |
| Synonyms: | blabbermouth, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, circulator, flibbertigibbet, gossipmonger, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot, prattler, rumormonger, rumors babbler, scandalizer, scandalmonger, snoop, talebearer, tattler, telltale |
| 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: | 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: | eavesdropper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | listener |
| Synonyms: | auditor, hearer, sleuth, snoop, wiretapper |
| Main Entry: | Nosy Parker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prying person |
| Synonyms: | Paul Pry, busybody, gossip, inquisitive person, meddler, snoop, snooper, yenta |
| Main Entry: | secret agent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spy |
| Synonyms: | cloak-and-dagger man, double agent, informer, inside man, intelligence agent, mole, operative, scout, snoop, undercover agent, undercover man |
| Main Entry: | meddler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who meddles |
| Synonyms: | busybody, buttinsky, kibitzer, snoop, tattletale |
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