Describing Wordsfor Detective

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Here are some adjectives for detective: fictional human, husky private, completely engrossing, hulking private, medium-sized private, grizzled and capable, quiet and triumphant, sharpest commercial, fat private, diligent undercover, enigmatic private, legendary private, top-selling new, nice, hard-boiled, genteel and perfectly safe, quiet, bulky, young undercover, repulsive private, missing private, futuristic hard-boiled, shrewdest private, amiable jewish, typical idiot, pedantically neat, calmly mendacious, dear free-lance, german-born but thoroughly loyal, amateurish and very poor, gigantic, vigilant, astute private. You can get the definitions of these detective adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to detective (and find more here).

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Words to Describe detective

Below is a list of describing words for detective. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe detective:

fictional human husky private completely engrossing hulking private medium-sized private grizzled and capable quiet and triumphant sharpest commercial fat private diligent undercover enigmatic private legendary private top-selling new nice, hard-boiled genteel and perfectly safe quiet, bulky young undercover repulsive private missing private futuristic hard-boiled shrewdest private amiable jewish typical idiot pedantically neat calmly mendacious
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dear free-lance german-born but thoroughly loyal amateurish and very poor gigantic, vigilant astute private self-appointed young last astute thoroughly reliable and responsible successful and materialistic seemingly able shrewd and seemingly able cool-headed, vigilant able and most successful thrilling and highly exciting presumably sharp active, cautious bally private reputable private well-known private painstaking and dangerous hard deductive methodical, intelligent ingeniously intricate capable private clever, up-to-date well-dressed private suave and confident penniless private wry famous least intuitive intense, young french forensic handsome, intense certifiably brilliant galactic true famous existential abrasive and inefficient feline private irish private precise and thorough pompous belgian overly angry uninvited, uninformed nutty private macho big-city snappy scientific fifth private fictional twentieth-century forthcoming cozy ancient fictional shady private latter-day fictional thoroughgoing and unimaginative flashy intellectual cynical hardboiled down-and-out hard-boiled equally brilliant and enigmatic brilliant and enigmatic famously rumpled thoroughly working-class atypical private young, steady blue-eyed first-class goddamned private lowly australian overly authoritative seasoned private favorite rumpled extraordinary garish heavy and loquacious short, heavy and loquacious shrewd female one-time famous little, third-rate clever superior good, one-man brilliantly ingenious skilful and enthralling well-planned, logical wonderful unpaid young involuntary real thing--real intrusive, private legendary human young fresh-faced increasingly sullen little fly-by-night full-time private ingenious and exciting logical and interesting genuine, straightforward powerfully imaginative competent and able instantaneous photographic successful private fictional private clean private frightfully important famous private talented and persistent drab private fair private muscular, sandy-haired sleazy private wonderful, ongoing sad, brilliant standard hard-boiled newest senior famed private world-wide private controversial former unemployed private darned good-looking japanese private supernatural hardboiled best-known so-called fairly legitimate geek-procedural fast-paced geek-procedural refined and recondite traditional tough tional tough cold and unflappable dark true brilliant, rugged impossibly shrewd exciting and sensational tremendously fine proficient female convenient private reliable and responsible ridiculous and improbable cool-headed, middle-aged typical private human but sure ever suspicious wily old, private ingenious medical nice female odious french notorious private popular private professional and unprofessional hitherto imperturbable plain-clothes wonderful private enormous private bloody private pompous and irritating triumphant artistic large unsmiling young, fierce normally cocky openly gay young forensic true private tough, uncompromising italian private major private alpha female western, thrilling similar seismic stolid, faithful much thorough sadly perplexed thoroughly angry skilful diplomatic would-be private clever native hardboiled little rudimentary brave, young keen and alert countless private well-dressed middle-aged exasperated young honest private successful and prosperous famous continental middling bad first-rate private big-time private wiry, sandy-haired real famous stocky, tough-looking favorite private glum young diminutive japanese political capital able british big, jovial decent private marvelously clever various governmental smart private renowned private wonderful analytical good private biggest private wonderful female first-class private strong and reliable perfectly dandy new first-class such painstaking central political famous fictional youthful blond elaborately worked-out deliciously humorous proper private big, well-dressed entire active thing--real hard-boiled somewhat abashed real private so-called private ter\-restrial pale, unconscious thin, bald big, middle-aged outstanding modern eerie new much exciting thoroughly enjoyable average private real permanent present chief good analytical intriguing historical completely mundane daring and ambitious cheap and sensational legitimate, honest comparatively inexperienced different governmental rather well-known private famous female little belgian brilliant old red-faced little local private great criminal damned private intensive scientific gaunt grim sympathetic female utterly mad clever irish cheap, sensational internationally famous ancient scientific efficient private big, swarthy chubby blond least enthusiastic greatest female famous belgian asian-american big redheaded many cheap other subtle still helpless singularly successful decent, self-respecting naturally gifted grim and serious toughest little redheaded young conventional modern thoroughly loyal young and intelligent quite straightforward youngest female great and daring clever female exceedingly shrewd highly exciting fine private regular private several first-rate unique and original astute young modern private famous western huge, menacing third-largest merry old excellent private tall, sandy-haired tall, rugged german and austro-hungarian odd-looking little holistic famous and popular vigorous old great scientific little bourgeois average professional big pale new private best forensic superefficient more adroit strictly formal thoughtful young old brutal regular professional wary old intrepid young german-born famous french great chinese former private relatively cheap good, sharp chief french greatest french fictional jolly bad big-city ordinary private dark, lean awful poor second-largest young, good-looking gallant young finest natural little ordinary sophisticated electronic young colored personal private mere private certain hot highfalutin sweaty little cross-dressing deductive phoney undercover greatest modern amusing and interesting little historical perfectly trustworthy precious poor intelligent young able young archival honest, hardworking famous spanish astute idealistic young thoroughly reliable real, real old black-and-white perfectly capable chinese-american best private strongest and best old classic unhappy young unprofessional thoroughly competent certain female mysterious young shrewdest young would-be careful and painstaking best damn well balanced spanking new comparatively unknown little mechanical little pathetic ever ready replete short, plump many damn upwardly mobile honest human impatient young fearless young engrossing modern medical same private old private eager young smartest �real equally brilliant egomaniacal shiny new good sharp more short two-timing fact-finding tall, skinny successful young more thrilling more responsible fly-by-night great female keenest perfectly safe painstaking awful big modern scientific up-and-coming montreal close-mouthed smart young hispanic clever dullest many private almost frantic flat blue would-be great french muscle-bound big young famous young long-overdue divisional cagey young italian great and mysterious fresh-faced mustached bogus professional eagle-eyed thrilling typical french same young intensely interesting such good existential boyish-looking skilled such careless cool-headed damned good dark and mysterious skillful scientific baffling just ordinary fake good-looking young first-class more big forensic fiery little little sharp tall, thin real-life new scientific shrewd famous chief great spanish adorable little small french self-confessed imperturbable octogenarian wellknown various private black-bearded small, dark sandy-haired trigger-happy highly successful extremely clever gifted young paunchy governmental other private clever young laid-back more elementary suspenseful little private other black unimaginative infallible ambitious young official red-haired female senior discomfited reputable mail-order hard-hitting world-famous well-written slipshod little personal high-profile highly skilled cute little more senior nervy science-fictional good black skilful sanitary watchful diligent jocose self-respecting on-the-spot stereotypical tall blond worked-out more wild transvaal mighty big seventy-six mighty fine free-lance damn good enthralling screwball modern french well-read amateurish up-to-date own private more competent greatest third-rate successful tall, gaunt belgian well-planned capable exciting obtuse real old nice, clean big-time enigmatic feisty certain private subconscious french self-appointed one-horse promising young fast-paced savvy psychic keen conscientious well-known enjoyable austro-hungarian sheepish episodic clever little many excellent mendacious well-paid unofficial indelicate crestfallen well-dressed new french repressive teen-age collaborative strenuous real-world top-of-the-line abashed affable wireless unflappable blue-eyed vintage able doddering masterful small-time best hard-nosed purely scientific methodical open-ended sensational vigilant red-faced first-rate unsold jamaican good-looking damned fine full-fledged procedural good solid bright young demoniac blank-faced bestselling more wonderful nice fat low-key analytical third-class brilliant bookish well-established tame standardized cheeky spectacular archaeological tall thin blond metropolitan herculean dandy unsupported lurid best-selling redheaded omniscient competent underpaid efficient irreducible eminent own good rational smart grizzled indomitable non-committal many bad cute cheap first-year purely intellectual ingenious adroit other young big fat unabashed stocky deaf and dumb prying newest latino incompetent promising idiotic taller older junior medical little-known terrestrial prostrate truculent israeli rumpled supercilious renowned shorter balding federal wary dour cinematic upcoming nice young younger bilious swarthy stolid regular slick flinty irate comic tough-looking uninformed famed astronomical worthwhile compliant honorary toxic abrasive shoddy colored unsmiling sassy perplexed sharpest mercurial hard-core rican phony excellent seasoned vaunted unshaven self-proclaimed special bulky practised unpaid twelve-year-old debonair super materialistic able-bodied rationalistic uninvited improbable century-old middle-aged conventional captivating second popular relevant twentieth-century high-class slow-moving lean world-class victorian sallow little real invisible transcendent hardy naturalistic ordinary rowdy fair young archetypal pear-shaped burned-out involuntary brand-new indefatigable mammoth continental tawdry seismic stupidest acute much better classic italian chinese working-class rudimentary more successful okay more interesting enraged alert washed-out latter-day lousy seedy modern nice-looking avenging average rapid-fire criminal tough divine aspiring unkempt sharp odious off-duty straightforward plucky obstinate intrusive elder gaunt dishonest wonderful dauntless good old-fashioned innate oriental reliable best-known impetuous siberian recondite responsible hardworking fortunate passable husky transcendental audacious bad daring farcical trustworthy outstanding untrained genteel infernal brazen unmarked gifted fat asian careful big black enterprising old-time paranormal self-styled true low-grade loquacious tall lanky funny little lead cocky angry youthful inquisitive thoroughgoing sharper unobtrusive extraterrestrial homespun reluctant thorough unwritten logical immature complete literary local diminutive small-town everyday brawny few good finest intelligent typical remorseless psychological crafty phenomenal dark-haired cunning ideal inscrutable triumphant cold-blooded unmistakable well-trained exalted subtle nineteenth-century big red every-day abominable dutch inverted prettier other good indignant nationalist antiquated incipient subordinate unfortunate ready part-time old black more subtle fearless garish ambitious municipal chunky cozy alluring inept unconscious black-and-white dead so-called remarkable uncompromising notorious implacable attentive domestic foreign handsome young active austere unsuccessful clerical intrepid jealous cautious genuine overbearing idiot inexperienced present-day prosperous splendid fruitful skinny boyish german human bloodthirsty scheming suburban one-man balanced juvenile full-time pompous poor little instinctive finnish silent bright-eyed mexican old-fashioned little more numerous other intricate unwary suspicious aristocratic botanical fine high-level sympathetic natural spanish burlesque serviceable cuban interesting cooperative own personal disgruntled preternatural well-developed vigorous jaded

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Words to Describe detective

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "detective" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "detective" are: fictional human, husky private, completely engrossing, hulking private, and medium-sized private. There are 993 other words to describe detective listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe detective suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "detective" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many detective adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is detective?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source mongodb which was used in this project.

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