| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
Synonyms: |
P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | eye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | optical organ of an animate being |
Synonyms: |
baby blue, blinder, eyeball, headlight, lamp, ocular, oculus, optic, peeper, pie |
| Main Entry: | private eye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | private detective |
Synonyms: |
P.I., agent, bird dog, bloodhound, cop, dick, peeper, private investigator, sleuth, snoop, tail |
| Main Entry: | baby blues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | postnatal depression |
Synonyms: |
depression, downheartedness, dumps, eyes, heaviness of heart, low spirits, lowness, melancholy, peepers, postpartum depression |
| Main Entry: | peeping Tom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person secretly watching others |
Synonyms: |
ogler, peeper, scopophiliac, voyeur, watcher |
| Main Entry: | toad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amphibian |
Synonyms: |
anuran, frog, peeper, polliwog, salientian, sycophant, tadpole |
| Notes: | frogs usually have smooth skin and toads have warty skin all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads |