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Synonyms of police officer

80 similar words · 2 opposite words

Another word for police officer is policeman. Other synonyms of police officer are police, monarch, gendarme, policeperson and five-o. The opposite of police officer is criminal.

Synonyms and similar words for police officer

nounA peace officer who is a member of a police force.

  • 5-O US, slang
  • alphabet US, slang
  • barney US, slangA police officer, usually one who is inferior or overzealous.
  • bizzie UK, slangA police officer.
  • bluebottle slangA police officer.
  • blue heeler Australia, slangA police officer.
  • blue meanie derogatory, slangA police officer.
  • bobby UK, slangA police officer.
  • bogey UK, slangA police officer.
  • boy in blue US
  • bull US, slangA policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
  • bullyman Australia, derogatoryA police officer.
  • buttons slang
  • centenierSynonym of police officer.
  • charpering omi UKA policeman.
  • chazzer slangA police officer, especially one who is corrupt.
  • cobbler slangA police officer.
  • cop slangA police officer or prison guard.
  • copper slangA police officer, especially one in uniform.
  • cozzer UK, slangA policeman, especially a detective; a rozzer.
  • cracker US, derogatory
  • crusher slang
  • crowns US, slang
  • dibble UK, slangA police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
  • fedA police officer.
  • filth UK, derogatory
  • finest informal
  • five-oThe police.
  • fuzz
  • garda IrelandA member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer.
  • gendarmeA policeman.
  • glowie US, slangA government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling...
  • guardian of the peace Ireland, informalA police officer.
  • Inspector Knacker colloquialA generic police officer, or the police in general.
  • jack Australia, UKA policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
  • jackboot Australia, UK
  • jake US, slangA police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).
  • John LawA personification of law enforcement; a police officer.
  • John Q. Law USA generic police officer.
  • Johnny Hopper UK, slangA police officer.
  • lawmanAn officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
  • mee-maw UK, slang
  • monarchA police officer.
  • Mr Plod Australia, UKA law enforcement officer.
  • oinker derogatory, slangA pig: a police officer.
  • Officer Friendly colloquialA police officer.
  • Old Bill UK, slangA police officer.
  • one-time US, slangThe police.
  • PC Plod UK, informalA policeman (implying that he is dull and slow).
  • pig derogatory, slangA police officer.
  • piggy UK, derogatory
  • peeler UK, slangA police officer.
  • plod UK, slangA police officer, especially a low-ranking one.
  • policeThe staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica...
  • policemanA police officer, usually a male.
  • policepersonA police officer of any gender.
  • polis UKA police officer.
  • po-poThe police; a police officer.
  • roller slang
  • rozzer UK, slangA police officer.
  • slop UKA policeman.
  • swine derogatory, slangA police officer.
  • statie US, slangA state trooper.
  • twelve US, slang
  • tyre biter derogatory, slangA police officer.
  • walloper Australia, slangA police officer.
  • wooden-top UKA uniformed police officer.
  • beatsman archaic, rareA policeman who walks the beat.
  • bluecoat datedA policeman.
  • body snatcher humorous, obsolete
  • finger US, obsolete
  • flatfoot archaic, colloquial(plural typically flatfoots) A policeman.
  • flatty US, archaic
  • harman obsolete
  • harman-beck obsoleteA policeman.
  • mutton shunter UK, archaicPolice constable.
  • nuthook obsoleteA bailiff who metaphorically hooks or seizes malefactors; a policeman; a constable.
  • raw lobster obsolete, slangSynonym of unboiled lobster (“police officer”).
  • scufter UK, datedA policeman.
  • unboiled lobster obsolete, slangA police officer.

Opposite of police officer

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Meaning of police officer

  1. noun A peace officer who is a member of a police force.

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Questions about synonyms of police officer

What is another word for police officer?
Police officer has 80 synonyms on Word.ws, such as policeman, police, monarch, gendarme, policeperson and five-o.
What is the opposite of police officer?
The opposite of police officer is criminal.
What does police officer mean?
Police officer means a peace officer who is a member of a police force.

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