Private detective
Private detective noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
Usage example: when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective
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Synonyms for Private detective
Tracer and private detective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tracer" instead a noun phrase "Private detective".
Tracer
Tracer noun - An investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods.
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Synonyms for Tracer
Private detective and tracer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Private detective" instead a noun "Tracer".
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Related pairs
- shadow and private detective
- shadow and tracer
- tail and private detective
- tail and tracer
- operative and private detective
- operative and tracer
- investigator and private detective
- investigator and tracer
- detective and private detective
- detective and tracer
- gumshoe and private detective
- gumshoe and tracer
- sleuthhound and private detective
- sleuthhound and tracer
Both terms in one sentence
- 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
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Tracer and Private detective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/private_detective/tracer
Private detective & Tracer. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/private_detective/tracer>.
Tracer or Private detective. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/private_detective/tracer.
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