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
Tracker and detective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tracker" instead a noun "Detective".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Despite his general poor showing at subtler magic, he's known to be an excellent tracker and detective, to the point that his testimony is considered for a crime that happened on the other side of the world from him.
Source: Scarily Competent Tracker - Child of the Storm has Agent Coulson refers to Harry Dresden as possibly the best magical tracker on the planet and refers to him as 'the Detective'.
Source: Scarily Competent Tracker -
Batman: Arkham Asylum has Detective Mode, which has functions including X-ray, forensic tracker, vital sign monitoring, weapon detection, and point-of-interest detection.
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Tracker and Detective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/tracker
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Tracker or Detective. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detective/tracker.
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