Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

private investigator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
pri-vate in-ves-ti-ga-tor
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An agent detective hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.

Inflected Forms

private investigators (plural)

Phrases

skip tracing

Frequently Paired Words

skip tracing

Synonyms

dick gumshoe PI private detective private dick private eye snoop operative shamus sherlock

Questions

What does private investigator mean?
An agent detective hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering.

How to pronounce private investigator

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