Dick
Dick noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: a novel about a hard-boiled dick and the softhearted madam who loves him
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Synonyms for Dick
Tail and dick are semantically related in detective topic. In some cases you can use "Tail" instead a noun "Dick", when it comes to topics like private detective, investigator of crime.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Until they all find out that it was just a tail he was hiding in his jeans and he actually doesn't have a dick at all.
Source: Literature / Go, Mutants! - An episode has Dick catch one of his students drawing a doodle of him with antlers and a tail.
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Star Wars: A Tauntaun's tail looks like a dick when it is viewed from the front.
Source: Unfortunate Character Design
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Tail and Dick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dick/tail
Dick & Tail. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dick/tail>.
Tail or Dick. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dick/tail.
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