Related Words for private eye

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operative
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Adjective, Noun
pi
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Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
private detective
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
private investigator
/xx/xxx
Phrase, Noun
sherlock
/x
Noun, Name, Verb
detective
x/x
Noun
eagle eye
/x/
Phrase, Noun
snoop
/
Noun
bloodhound
/x
Noun
examiner
x/xx
Noun
sleuth
/
Noun
eyeball
/x
Noun
shamus
/x
Name
secret agent
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
inspector
x/x
Noun
beagle
/x
Noun
agent
/x
Noun
espy
/x
Name
looker
/x
Noun
sniffer
/x
Noun
surveillance
x/x
Noun
nose
/
Noun
mole
/
Noun
shadow
/x
Noun
finger
/x
Noun
undercover
xx/x
Adjective
special agent
/x/x
Name, Name
paparazzi
xx/x
Noun
peeping tom
/x/
Name, Name
cover
/x
Noun
stalker
/x
Noun
cyclops
/x
Noun
spook
/
Noun
watcher
/x
Noun
plant
/
Noun
ghost
/
Noun
voyeur
x/
Noun
escort
x/
Noun
practitioner
x/xx
Noun
bounty hunter
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
sneak
/
Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
intelligencer
x/xxx
Name
doctor
/x
Noun
identifier
x/xxx
Noun
profiler
/xx
Noun
secret admirer
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
finder
/x
Noun
betrayer
x/x
Noun
dees
/
Noun
informant
x/x
Noun
raider
/x
Noun
seer
/
Noun
willy
/x
Name
protector
x/x
Noun
valet
x/
Noun
hack
/
Noun
pickpocket
/xx
Noun
ferret
/x
Noun
crony
/x
Noun
glimpse
/
Noun, Verb
scout
/
Noun
esquire
/x
Noun
watch
/
Noun
personal
/xx
Adjective
shepherd
/x
Noun
double agent
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
monitor
/xx
Noun
roper
/x
Name
inquisitor
x/xx
Noun
security guard
x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
watchman
/x
Noun
pundit
/x
Noun
ponce
/x
Name
examinee
x/xx
Noun
night watchman
//x
Phrase, Noun
inquirer
x/x
Noun
guardian angel
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
minder
/x
Noun
witness
/x
Noun
sitter
/x
Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
snitch
/
Noun
clipper
/x
Noun
legal
/x
Adjective
oyster
/x
Noun
fixer
/x
Noun
butler
/x
Noun
reference
/xx
Noun
bodyguard
/xx
Noun
special
/x
Adjective
secretary
/xxx
Noun
tracker
/x
Noun
invader
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
affiliated
x/xxx
Adjective
agreement
x/x
Noun
ain
/
Noun
ait
/
Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
an
/
Noun
appointed
x/x
Adjective
appraise
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
attentive
x/x
Adjective
auditory
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
backstage
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
bereft
x/
Adjective
binocular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
blind
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
blindfold
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blurred
/
Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
boot
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
breast
/
Noun, Verb
brow
/
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
cadet
x/
Noun
camera
/xx
Noun
canthus
xx
Noun
capsule
/x
Noun, Verb
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
careful
/x
Adjective
carpenter
/xx
Noun, Verb
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
central artery of the retina
/x/xx/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
central city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
cheated
/x
Adjective
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
citizens
/xx
Adjective
civic
/x
Adjective, Noun
civic center
/x/x
Name, Name
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
civilian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
clandestine
x/x
Adjective
cloistered
/x
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
clouded
/x
Adjective
cloudy
/x
Adjective
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
commoner
/xx
Noun
confidential
xx/x
Adjective
conjunctiva
xx/x
Noun
contraband
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cornea
/xx
Noun
corporal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
corporate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
covert
/x
Adjective, Noun
curtain
/x
Noun, Verb
denied
x/
Verb
dent
/
Noun, Verb
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
deprived
x/
Adjective
diary
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dimmed
/
Adjective
discreet
x/
Adjective
discrete
x/
Adjective
distanced
/x
Verb
diversified
x/xx
Adjective
divested
x/x
Verb
ear
/
Noun, Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
eves
/
Noun
exclusive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extracurricular
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
eyelid
/x
Noun
eyepiece
/x
Noun
eyesight
/x
Noun
eyewear
/x
Noun
eyewitness
//x
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
flickering
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
folk
/
Noun, Adjective
foot
/
Noun, Verb
footloose
/x
Adjective
for
/
Noun
foreground
/x
Noun, Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gander
/x
Noun, Verb
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glasses
/x
Noun
glassy
/x
Adjective, Noun
globe
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hanger
/x
Noun
headband
/x
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
hoc
/
Name
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
horse
/
Noun, Verb
hub
/
Noun
illicit
x/x
Adjective, Noun
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
inner
/x
Adjective, Noun
inner city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
insular
/xx
Adjective, Name
intimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
investigator
x/xxx
Noun
inward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
iris
/x
Noun, Verb
landed
/x
Adjective
lash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lens
/
Noun, Verb
liberal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lid
/
Noun, Verb
lieutenant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
life
/
Noun, Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
lightning
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
luck
/
Noun, Verb
luminous
/xx
Adjective
macroscopic
/x/x
Adjective
medical center
/xx/x
Name, Name
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
microscopic
xx/x
Adjective
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
midfield
/x
Noun
midstream
/x
Noun, Adverb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mine
/
Noun, Verb
nationalised
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Name
nationalized
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
needle
/x
Noun, Verb
night
/
Noun, Verb
nongovernmental
xxx/x
Adjective
nonprofit
x/x
Adjective, Noun
nonpublic
x/x
Adjective
nostril
/x
Noun
nuts
/
Noun, Adjective
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
ocular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
office
/x
Noun, Verb
offstage
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb