| Main Entry: | accuser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person laying blame |
Synonyms: |
indicter, informer, prosecutor, rat, tattletale |
| 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: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
Synonyms: |
adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
Antonyms: |
aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Main Entry: | prosecution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the prosecuting party in a criminal action |
Synonyms: |
DA, district attorney, government, prosecuting agent, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, state, state's attorney |
| Main Entry: | district attorney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public prosecutor |
Synonyms: |
DA, Dist. Atty., attorney general, judge advocate, prosecution officer, prosecutor |
| Main Entry: | plaintiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuser |
Synonyms: |
complainant, litigant, prosecutor, suer |
| Notes: | a plaintiff is the party who brings an action in a court of law, while plaintive means expressive of sorrow or melancholy |
| Main Entry: | inquirer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioner |
Synonyms: |
Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquisitor, inspector, investigator, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prober, prosecutor, querier, quester, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Concept: | Enemy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society.
-phrases
every hand being against one; "he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson].
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Antonyms: |
friend |
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