detective detection • detectivism · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · detective · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes. Synonyms: investigator, tec, police detective. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public. · · Noun Definition 2 Synonyms · · · investigator · · Synonym 1 tec · · Synonym 2 police detective · · Synonym 3 Characters · · c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 t latin small letter t U+0074 v latin small letter v U+0076