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sherlock
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SHERLOCK
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons <one of literature's most eccentric sherlocks, Nero Wolfe manages to solve mysteries without so much as leaving the confines of his own home>
Synonyms dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound
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