Detective

//dɪˈtɛktɪv//

Synonyms for "detective" (125 found)

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Related words (62)

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3 entries

More specific

15 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

3 entries

capable of

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derived

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derived from

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desires

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

191 translations across 70 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُحَقِّق noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խուզարկու noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • խուզարկու noun (person employed to find information)

Asturian

1 entries
  • detective noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • xəfiyyə noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • xəfiyyəçi noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • дэтэкты́ў noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • сле́дчы noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • шука́ч noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Bengali

2 entries
  • গুপ্তচর noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • গোয়েন্দা noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • детекти́в noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • разузнава́ч noun (person employed to find information)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စုံထောက် noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Catalan

2 entries
  • detectiu noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detectiu noun (person employed to find information)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • detektib noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektib noun (person employed to find information)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 偵探 /侦探 noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • 偵探 /侦探 noun (person employed to find information)
  • 探員 /探员 noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • 私人偵探 /私人侦探 noun (person employed to find information)

Czech

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektiv noun (person employed to find information)

Danish

3 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektiv noun (person employed to find information)
  • privatdetektiv noun (person employed to find information)

Dutch

4 entries
  • detective noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detective noun (person employed to find information)
  • rechercheur noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • speurder noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • detektivino noun (person employed to find information)
  • detektivo noun (person employed to find information)
  • policana detektivo noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Estonian

2 entries
  • detektiiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektiiv noun (person employed to find information)

Finnish

2 entries
  • etsivä noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • yksityisetsivä noun (person employed to find information)

French

4 entries
  • détective noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • détective noun (person employed to find information)
  • enquêteur noun (person employed to find information)
  • enquêteuse noun (person employed to find information)

Friulian

1 entries
  • investigadôr noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Galician

2 entries
  • detective noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detective noun (person employed to find information)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დეტექტივი noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

German

4 entries
  • Detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • Detektiv noun (person employed to find information)
  • Detektivin noun (person employed to find information)
  • Ermittler noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Greek

4 entries
  • αστυνομικός ερευνητής noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • ερευνήτρια noun (person employed to find information)
  • ερευνητής noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • ερευνητής noun (person employed to find information)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בַּלָּשִׁית noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • בַּלָּשִׁית noun (person employed to find information)
  • בַּלָּשׁ noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • בַּלָּשׁ noun (person employed to find information)

Hindi

4 entries
  • खोजी noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • गुप्तचर noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • जाँचकर्ता noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • जासूस noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • detektív noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektív noun (person employed to find information)
  • magánnyomozó noun (person employed to find information)
  • nyomozó noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Ido

2 entries
  • detektivo noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektivo noun (person employed to find information)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • detektif noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektif noun (person employed to find information)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • کارْآگاه noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Irish

3 entries
  • bleachtaire noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • bleachtaire noun (person employed to find information)
  • lorgaire noun (person employed to find information)

Italian

4 entries
  • detective noun (person employed to find information)
  • investigatore noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • investigatore noun (person employed to find information)
  • investigatrice noun (person employed to find information)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 刑事 noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • 探偵 noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • 探偵 noun (person employed to find information)
  • 私立探偵 noun (person employed to find information)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • детектив noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • тыңшы noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Khmer

4 entries
  • គិញ noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • ចារបុរស noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • រន្ឋគវេសី noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • ហិតប្រណី noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Korean

4 entries
  • 사립탐정 noun (person employed to find information)
  • 탐정 noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • 탐정 noun (person employed to find information)
  • 형사 noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • аңдуучу noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • сыщик noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • тыңчы noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນັກສືບ noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Latin

2 entries
  • inquīsītor noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • inquīsītor noun (person employed to find information)

Latvian

1 entries
  • detektīvs noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • detektyvas noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • детекти́в noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • и́следник noun (person employed to find information)
  • истра́жител noun (person employed to find information)

Malay

3 entries
  • detektif noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • mata gelap noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • penyiasat noun (person employed to find information)

Maltese

2 entries
  • spjun noun (person employed to find information)
  • spjuna noun (person employed to find information)

Māori

3 entries
  • kairapuhara noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • tekitiwhi noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • titeketiwhi noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dedektîf noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • xefiye noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • politietterforsker noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • politietterforskar noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Pashto

2 entries
  • سراغي noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • موشک noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Polish

4 entries
  • detektyw noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektyw noun (person employed to find information)
  • oficer śledczy noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • śledczy noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • detetive noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detetive noun (person employed to find information)

Romanian

1 entries
  • detectiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Romansch

2 entries
  • detectiv noun (person employed to find information)
  • investigader noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Russian

4 entries
  • детекти́в noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • детекти́в noun (person employed to find information)
  • ище́йка noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • операти́вник noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • detèktīv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • istràžitelj noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • детѐктӣв noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • истра̀житељ noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Slovak

1 entries
  • detektív noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Slovene

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektivka noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Spanish

4 entries
  • detective noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detective noun (person employed to find information)
  • inspector noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • investigador privado noun (person employed to find information)

Swedish

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (person employed to find information)
  • kriminalpolis noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tiktik noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Tajik

1 entries
  • муфаттиш noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Thai

2 entries
  • นักสืบ noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • นักสืบ noun (person employed to find information)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dedektif noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • hafiye noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • детекти́в noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • ни́шпорка noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • си́щик noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • сліде́ць noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جاسُوس noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • سُراغ رَساں noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • سُراغی noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • کھوجی noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • aygʻoqchi noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • detektiv noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thám tử noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • thám tử tư noun (person employed to find information)

Welsh

2 entries
  • ditectif noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • ditectif noun (person employed to find information)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • resjersjeur noun (police officer who looks for evidence)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • דעטעקטיוו noun (police officer who looks for evidence)
  • דעטעקטיוו noun (person employed to find information)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Holmes is a great pipe man as well as a great detective.

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The thief ran away at the sight of a detective.

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The man turned out to be a private detective.

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The detective disguised himself as an old gentleman.

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