Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

private detective

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: pri-vate de-tec-tive
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available

Example Sentences

"So you're a private detective? I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors."

Inflected Forms

private detectives (plural)

Synonyms

dick gumshoe PI private dick private eye private investigator Sam Spade shamus snoop

Questions

What does private detective mean?: Person who is not a government official who is hired to provide information about a person or group that is not widely available

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