Antonyms for DETECTIVE
dɪˈtɛk tɪvde·tec·tive

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. detectivenoun

   a person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

   Synonyms:
   private investigator, dick, private detective, private dick, consulting detective

2. detectivenoun

   Synonyms:
   DT

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. detective

   The scout and the spy are both employed to obtain information of the numbers, movements, etc., of an enemy. The scout lurks on the outskirts of the hostile army with such concealment as the case admits of, but without disguise; a spy enters in disguise within the enemy's lines. A scout, if captured, has the rights of a prisoner of war; a spy is held to have forfeited all rights, and is liable, in case of capture, to capital punishment. An emissary is rather political than military; sent rather to secretly influence opponents than to bring information concerning them; so far as he does the latter, he is not only an emissary, but a spy.

   Synonyms:
   emissary, scout, spy

Matched Categories

1. • Investigator
   • Policeman

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. detective, investigator, tec, police detectivenoun

   a police officer who investigates crimes

   Synonyms:
   researcher, investigator, tec, research worker, police detective, detective

2. detectivenoun

   an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

   Synonyms:
   investigator, tec, police detective

How to use DETECTIVE in a sentence?

1. Adam Richman:

   We found restaurants in fake detective agencies that are hidden behind walls that you have to activate with a level to places that are inside a furniture store where they cook in a closet and it’s called the Disappearing Dining Club.

2. Sheriff Penzone:

   Sheriff Penzone said. The vaping cartridges sell for about $ 50. Theyre not only sold on the black marketbut on social media, too. Detectives were able to track down a dealer near Phoenix who started trying to peddle cartridges on his social media accounts, police said. Vaping cartridges found at an illegal operation to the east of Phoenix. ( Stephanie Bennett/Fox Bennett/Fox News) So 25 gallons of crude and we recovered about 10,000 cartridges total off of that one guyWe located him through advertising to his various clients through social media.he had his own warehouse where he had a large lab set up there, Detective Matthew Shay said. Detectives said making the crude oil is dangerous. Marijuana leaves are washed with harmful chemicals like propane or butane, which extracts the highinducingTHC. Its then mixed with ethanol and distilled several times to make it more translucent, ready for vaping. Marijuana crude oil gets clearer as it's distilled, ready for vaping. ( Stephanie Bennett/Fox Bennett/Fox News) So In 2017, we had seized 16 pounds of crude oil, that number doubled in 2018. Last year, it was over 230, said Sheriff Penzone. As western states started legalizing marijuana, cartels switched production to this stronger, more addictive crude oil marijuanato keep business going. The growth of that industry has been incredible.

3. Julia Simmons:

   We all told him [the detective] we believe that Steve pushed her, this is not an accident.

4. Diana Dragomir:

   There was quite some detective work involved, and the right people were there at the right time, but we were lucky, and we caught the signals, and they were really clear.

5. Mesa Police Chief John Meza:

   No homicide is too old for us to use additional scientific measures and good old detective work ... and bring this suspect to justice.

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