POLICE DETECTIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a police officer who investigates crimes
   Synonym(s)
   • detective (what does detective mean?)
   • investigator (what does investigator mean?)
   • tec (what does tec mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) police detective is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • policeman (what does policeman mean?)
   • police officer (what does police officer mean?)
   • officer (what does officer mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dick (what does dick mean?)
   • gumshoe (what does gumshoe mean?)
   • hawkshaw (what does hawkshaw mean?)
   • plainclothesman (what does plainclothesman mean?)
   • tracer (what does tracer mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • investigate (what does investigate mean?)
   • inquire (what does inquire mean?)
   • enquire (what does enquire mean?)