Synonyms of police officer

police officer

noun

as in policeman

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level

there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• policeman
• officer
• cop
• constable
• sheriff
• copper
• lawman
• police
• gendarme
• peace officer
• bobby
• inspector
• bull
• flatfoot
• investigator
• fuzz
• police force
• shamus
• detective
• trooper
• policewoman
• sergeant
• patrolman
• constabulary
• lieutenant
• marshal
• private investigator
• marshall
• dick
• sleuth
• sleuthhound
• private detective
• operative
• man
• private eye
• gumshoe
• hawkshaw
• captain
• plainclothesman
• sherlock
• heat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Examples of police officer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From there, another Shelby Springs police officer arrives on the scene to help confiscate his bail money, exploiting a maddening legal loophole. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2024

In late March, police officers arrested Mackenzie at his home in Malindi. —Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

In a statement, Louisville Metro Council Councilman Ben Reno-Weber said police believe the incident was targeted and took place in the presence of two off-duty uniformed police officers. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2024

Yet this very month, that same judge gave Ozzie Cush only a 46-week detention for assaulting a police officer at a demonstration. —Abigail Anthony, National Review, 18 Aug. 2024