Synonyms of private detective

private detective

noun

as in detective

a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons

when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detective
• investigator
• private eye
• private investigator
• operative
• dick
• sleuth
• gumshoe
• sleuthhound
• hawkshaw
• shamus
• sherlock
• tracer
• tracker
• tail
• Federal
• fed
• shadow
• narc
• plainclothesman
• nark
• G-man