Synonyms of sergeant

sergeant

noun

as in lieutenant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sergeant

After the beating, another correction sergeant, Donald Slawson, mopped up the blood in the infirmary, preventing investigators from finding any blood spatter to analyze, prosecutors allege. —Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025

Thomas Spratt, the city’s first-ever motor sergeant, who worked with Schmidt on the ordinance. —Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025

Benjamin Therriault, a Richmond Police Department sergeant and union president, said the measure could have been helpful a few years ago during an internal investigation. —Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025

Brian Albert, a BPD sergeant who owned the property that was the site of O’Keefe’s death; Brian Higgins, an ATF agent and Albert’s friend who was there that night and has romantic interest in Read; and Colin Albert, Brian Albert’s nephew, who the defense argues had beef with O’Keefe. —Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025