Bobby
Bobby noun - A member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level.
Usage example: asked a passing London bobby for directions
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Synonyms for Bobby
Captain and bobby are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Bobby".
Nearby Words: bobbed, Bobbie
Captain
Captain noun - A person in overall command of a ship.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Captain Ersatz - If you didn't notice the professor strongly resembled Colonel Sanders, Bobby points it out.
Source: Film / The Waterboy -
In The X-Files, Scully's father, a Navy captain, is cremated and buried this way while Bobby Darin's "Somewhere Beyond the Sea" (his and Maggie's wedding song) plays in the background.
Source: Burial at Sea - In the second half of the season 9 opener of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Detective Alex Eames is promoted to captain and given the painful responsibility of firing her longtime partner Bobby Goren.
Source: Ship Tease / Live-Action TV
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Captain or Bobby. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bobby/captain.
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