Detective
Detective noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: the code used by the serial killer in his letters to the police was actually cracked by an amateur detective
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Synonyms for Detective
Tracer and detective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tracer" instead a noun "Detective".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- shadow and detective
- shadow and tracer
- tail and detective
- tail and tracer
- operative and detective
- operative and tracer
- explorer and detective
- explorer and tracer
- investigator and detective
- investigator and tracer
- gumshoe and detective
- gumshoe and tracer
- sleuthhound and detective
- sleuthhound and tracer
Both words in one sentence
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In Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin's imaginary alter-ego, Tracer Bullet, is a pure parody of the hardboiled detective.
Source: Hardboiled Detective - Calvin re-imagines the events as his private detective alter ego, Tracer Bullet, getting hired to unwittingly serve as the fall guy for this particular crime.
Source: Fall Guy - In Universe, Calvin imagines himself as various alter egos, the most common ones being Spaceman Spiff, a heroic explorer, Stupendous Man, a superhero, and Tracer Bullet, a detective.
Source: Reality Subtext
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Tracer and Detective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/tracer
Detective & Tracer. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/tracer>.
Tracer or Detective. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/tracer.
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