Words to Describe detective
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Things detective often describes ("detective ________")
- martin
- work
- green
- murphy
- division
- guesses
- efficiency
- thomas
- officers
- carter
- tucker
- smith
- wilson
- camera
- magazine
- story
- sloan
- sergeants
- mallory
- kelly
- brown
- thompson
- crime
- wright
- comics
- agencies
- waters
- constable
- brits
- controls
- edwards
- white
- phillips
- bureau
- burns
- stories
- roberts
- superintendent
- shannon
- miller
- scott
- films
- london
- barren
- brennan
- donovan
- fletcher
- richardson
- magazines
- black
- harris
- turns
- agency
- collins
- williams
- inspector
- ross
- allen
- sergeant
- archer
- burke
- davis
- sun
- small
- lieutenant
- baker
- york
- mitchell
- jones
- ryan
- novels
- novel
- walker
- tales
- hall
- lincoln
- taylor
- cole
- mysteries
- foley
- king
- anderson
- adams
- cooper
- patel
- wessex
- fiction
- cook
How detective often is described ("________ detective")
- amateur
- eyed
- chinese
- blind
- english
- damn
- private
- smart
- big
- successful
- scientific
- tough
- chief
- brilliant
- anti
- celebrated
- fat
- official
- aged
- licensed
- undercover
- great
- tall
- young
- class
- psychic
- real
- burly
- experienced
- famous
- former
- time
- classical
- astute
- black
- professional
- senior
- known
- retired
- american
- clever
- expert
- best
- older
- irish
- skilled
- younger
- shrewd
- greatest
- trained
- narcotics
- fictional
- boiled
- male
- female
- haired
- plainclothes
- good
- faced
- literary
- french
- handsome
- belgian
- favorite
- plain
- junior
