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dick

[dik] / dɪk /
NOUN
detective
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agent informer police officer private eye private investigator prosecutor reporter sleuth spy
STRONG
analyst bloodhound bull constable cop eavesdropper eye fed fink flatfoot gumshoe nark peeper roper scout sergeant shadow shamus shoofly snoop tail
WEAK
P.I. Sherlock Holmes bird dog plainclothes officer slewfoot
NOUN
gumshoe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
detective sleuth
STRONG
cop flatfoot investigator sneaker tec
NOUN
private detective
Synonyms
STRONGEST
detective gumshoe private eye private investigator sleuth
WEAK
P.I. Sherlock Holmes beagle flatfoot inquiry agent inspector investigator operative private dick skip tracer sleuthhound spotter tec
NOUN
private investigator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
P.I. inquiry agent private detective private dick private eye private investigator sleuth
STRONG
detective gumshoe investigator
WEAK
Sherlock Holmes agent beagle bird dog bloodhound skip tracer sleuthhound snoop spotter
NOUN
sleuth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gumshoe private detective private eye
STRONG
agent bloodhound cop eavesdropper flatfoot investigator sleuthhound spy tail tracker
WEAK
P.I. police officer private investigator

Example Sentences

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But she also made her name on what the journalist Jim Rutenberg called “Megyn moments,” in which she’d pick an argument with conservative guests—Tom Tancredo, Dick Cheney—who came on her show expecting a softball interview.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Chief executive Chris Dick says this latest data suggests continued cost-of-living pressures on households.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Family sitcoms like “The Donna Reed Show” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show” continued with this tradition into the 1960s, but as sitcom story concepts became more complex, the medium required more from show openers.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Dick ordered Edward and Glenn Juenke, the night watchman, to begin evacuating Bug House and two other cabins by the river.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“What’s her name?” says Dick, looking over his shoulder at me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen