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Synonyms and antonyms of Police officers in British Thesaurus

Police officers

bobby (noun)

Britishinformal old-fashioned a male police officer

cadet (noun)

a young person who is training to be a police officer or military officer

captain (noun)

in the US, a police officer of high rank, above that of lieutenant

Cdr (abbreviation)

Commander

chief constable (noun)

a senior officer who is in charge of the police in a particular district of the UK

chief inspector (noun)

an officer of middle rank in the British police, in charge of a team or small area

Cmdr (abbreviation)

commander

commander (noun)

a police officer of high rank in the London police

commissioner (noun)

a police officer in charge of a particular police force

Con. (abbreviation)

constable

constable (noun)

in the UK, a police officer of the lowest rank

constable (noun)

a police officer in some parts of the US whose rank is below a sheriff

cop (noun)

informal a police officer

copper (noun)

informal old-fashioned a police officer

DC (noun)

Detective Constable: a police officer of low rank in the British police force

DCI (noun)

Detective Chief Inspector: a police officer of high rank in the British police force

deputy (noun)

a police officer in some parts of the US who does the sheriff’s job when the sheriff is away

detective (noun)

a police officer whose job is to try to discover information about a crime so that the criminal can be caught

DI (noun)

Detective Inspector: a police officer of middle rank in the British police force

dog handler (noun)

a police officer who trains and works with dogs

DS (noun)

Detective Sergeant: a police officer of middle rank in the British police force

duty officer (noun)

a police officer or other official who is on duty at a particular time

fed (noun)

Americaninformal someone employed by the US government to do police work, especially an officer in the FBI

frogman (noun)

someone who does police or military work under water using special clothes and equipment

gendarme (noun)

a French police officer

Guard (noun)

Irishinformal an officer in the Irish police force

havildar (noun)

Indian English a sergeant in the army or police

Insp. (abbreviation)

Inspector

Lieut. (abbreviation)

Lieutenant

Lt. (abbreviation)

Lieutenant

marshal (noun)

a police or fire brigade officer of the highest rank in some parts of the US

Mountie (noun)

a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a special group of the Canadian police who ride horses

narc (noun)

mainly Americaninformal a police officer whose job is to deal with crimes involving illegal drugs

officer (noun)

spoken used for talking politely to a police officer

patrolman (noun)

American a police officer whose job is to walk or drive around a particular area

PC (noun)

British police constable: a police officer of the lowest rank

pig (noun)

offensive an insulting word for a police officer

police constable (noun)

British a police officer of the lowest rank

police officer (noun)

a member of the police. You can also talk about a policeman or a policewoman, but some people prefer to use ‘police officer’, which could be either a man or a woman.

ranger (noun)

a state police officer in some states of the US, especially Texas

sergeant (noun)

a police officer of middle rank, below that of inspector

Sgt (abbreviation)

sergeant

sheriff (noun)

in the US, the most senior police officer in a county

special constable (noun)

British someone who is not regularly employed as a police officer, but who has special training to help the police if they need extra people

state trooper (noun)

in the US, a police officer who is a member of a state police force

super (noun)

Britishinformal a superintendent in the police

superintendent (noun)

a senior police officer in the UK

Supt (abbreviation)

superintendent

trooper (noun)

American a state trooper

uniform (noun)

informal a police officer who wears a uniform

WPC (noun)

British Woman Police Constable: a woman with a junior position in the police force