English

Noun

Sense: an officer in a law enforcement agency

Synonyms

• 5-O(US, slang)
• alphabet(US, slang)
• barney(US, slang)
• beatsman(archaic, rare)
• bizzie(UK, slang)
• bluebottle(slang)
• bluecoat(dated)
• blue heeler(Australia, slang)
• blue meanie(derogatory, slang)
• bobby(UK, slang)
• body snatcher(slang, humorous, pejorative, obsolete)
• bogey(UK, slang)
• boy in blue(US)
• bull(US, slang)
• bullyman(Australia, derogatory, slang)
• buttons(slang)
• centenier(Jersey)
• charpering omi(UK, Polari)
• chazzer(slang)
• cobbler(slang)
• cop(slang)
• copper(slang)
• cozzer(UK, slang)
• cracker(US, derogatory, slang)
• crusher(slang)
• crowns(slang, US, refering to crown victoria patrol cars)
• dibble(UK, slang)
• fed   [⇒ thesaurus]
• filth(UK, derogatory, slang)
• finest(informal, chiefly plural)
• finger   [⇒ thesaurus](obsolete, US, slang)
• five-o
• flatfoot(colloquial, archaic, pejorative)
• flatty(archaic, US, slang)
• fuzz
• garda(Ireland)
• gendarme(France)
• glowie(US, slang)
• guardian of the peace(Ireland, informal)
• harman(obsolete, thieves' cant)
• harman-beck(obsolete, thieves' cant)
• jack(Australia, UK, slang)
• jackboot(Australia, UK, slang)
• jake(US, MLE, slang)
• John Law
• John Q. Law(US)
• Johnny Hopper(UK, Cockney rhyming slang)
• lawman
• mee-maw(UK, slang)
• monarch(Aboriginal English)
• Mr Plod(UK, Australia, slang)
• mutton shunter(UK, archaic, slang)
• nuthook(obsolete)
• oinker(derogatory, slang)
• Officer Friendly(colloquial)
• Old Bill(UK, slang)
• PC Plod(UK, informal)
• pig   [⇒ thesaurus](derogatory, slang)
• piggy(UK, derogatory, slang)
• peeler(UK, slang)
• plod(UK, slang)
• police   [⇒ thesaurus]
• police officer
• policeman
• policeperson
• polis(UK)
• po-po
• raw lobster(obsolete, slang)
• roller(slang)
• rozzer(UK, slang)
• scufter(UK, slang, dated)
• slop(UK, back slang)
• swine(derogatory, slang)
• statie(new england US, slang, a state trooper)
• twelve(US, slang)
• tyre biter(derogatory, slang)
• unboiled lobster(obsolete, slang)
• walloper(Australia, slang)
• wooden-top(UK, idiomatic)

Antonyms

• criminal   [⇒ thesaurus]
• prisoner   [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bailiff
• bear   [⇒ thesaurus](dated, US, slang)
• beat cop(US, slang)
• chief constable(UK)
• CI(UK & Commonwealth)
• CO(US)
• constable(UK)
• DC(UK & Commonwealth)
• detective   [⇒ thesaurus]
• fed   [⇒ thesaurus](US, slang)
• garda(Irish)
• inspector
• K-9 unit
• military police
• mounted police
• Mountie(Canada)
• nark(slang)
• patrolman
• plainclothesman
• plainclothesperson
• plainclotheswoman
• process server
• provost
• riot police
• sergeant
• sheriff
• shoofly
• smokey(US, slang)
• state trooper(US)
• supercop
• SWAT(US)
• warrant officer
•   —
• plonk(UK, dated)
• walloper(Australia, slang)
• policewoman
• WDC(UK)
• WPC(UK)

Hypernyms

• officer
• person   [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• constabulary
• military police
• police   [⇒ thesaurus]
• police department
• police force
• police service

Metonyms

• authority
• power   [⇒ thesaurus]
• uniform

See also

Further reading