Gumshoe
Gumshoe noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: the suspicious wife paid a gumshoe to follow her husband
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Sherlock and gumshoe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sherlock" instead a noun "Gumshoe".
Nearby Word: gumshoed
Sherlock
Sherlock noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: one of literature's most eccentric sherlocks, Nero Wolfe manages to solve mysteries without so much as leaving the confines of his own home
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Sherlock and Gumshoe. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gumshoe/sherlock
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