DETECTIVE Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word detective. (opposite meanings)

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Definition of DETECTIVE

Best Opposite Words For DETECTIVE


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	criminal				nounn
	noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime adjective satellite • bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure • guilty of crime or serious offense • involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	crook				nounn
	noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime • a circular segment of a curve • a long staff with one end being hook shaped verb • bend or cause to bend
	culprit				nounn
	noun • someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
	delinquent				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a young offender adjective satellite • guilty of a misdeed • failing in what duty requires • past due; not paid at the scheduled time
	lawbreaker				nounn
	noun • someone who violates the law
	offender				nounn
	noun • a person who transgresses moral or civil law
	perpetrator				nounn
	noun • someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
	suspect				verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
	noun • someone who is under suspicion • a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused adjective satellite • not as expected verb • imagine to be the case or true or probable • regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in • hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
	wrongdoer				nounn
	noun • a person who transgresses moral or civil law