Thesaurus:police officer

Thesaurus:police officer

THESAURUS

police officer

English

Synonyms

• barney (US, slang)

• beatsman (archaic, rare)

• bizzie (UK, slang)

• bluecoat (dated)

• blue heeler (Australia, slang)

• blue meanie (derogatory, slang)

• bobby (UK, slang)

• body snatcher (slang, humorous, pejorative, obsolete)

• boy in blue (US)

• bull (US, slang)

• bullyman (Australia, derogatory, slang)

• buttons (slang)

• charpering omi (Uk, Polari)

• chazzer (slang)

• cobbler (slang)

• cop (slang)

• copper (slang)

• crusher (slang)

• cozzer (UK, slang)

• dibble (UK, slang)

• fed (UK, slang)

• finest (informal, chiefly plural)

• finger    [WS] (obsolete, US, slang)

• flatfoot (colloquial, archaic, pejorative)

• flatty (archaic, US, slang)

• garda (Ireland)

• gendarme (France)

• jake (US, slang)

• John Law

• John Q. Law (US)

• Johnny Hopper (UK, Cockney rhyming slang)

• lawman

• mee-maw (UK, slang)

• Mr Plod (UK, Australia, slang)

• namecslop (UK, back slang)

• nuthook (obsolete)

• oinker (derogatory, slang)

• Officer Friendly (colloquial)

• Old Bill (UK, slang)

• PC Plod (UK, informal)

• pig    [WS] (derogatory, slang)

• piggy (UK, derogatory, slang)

• peeler (UK, slang)

• plod (UK, slang)

• police officer

• policeperson

• polis (UK)

• rozzer (UK, slang)

• slop (UK, back slang)

• swine (derogatory, slang)

• tyre biter (derogatory, slang)

• walloper (Australia, slang)

• wooden-top (UK, idiomatic)

Antonyms

• criminal    [WS]

• prisoner    [WS]

Hyponyms

• bailiff

• bear    [WS] (dated, US, slang)

• beat cop (US, slang)

• chief constable (UK)

• CI (UK & Commonwealth)

• CO (US)

• constable (UK)

• DC (UK & Commonwealth)

• detective    [WS]

• dirty cop

• fed (US, slang)

• inspector

• K-9 unit

• military police

• mounted police

• Mountie (Canada)

• nark (slang)

• patrolman

• 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)

• policeman

• policewoman

• WDC (UK)

• WPC (UK)

Hypernyms

• officer

• person    [WS]

Holonyms

• constabulary

• military police

• police    [WS]

• police department

• police force

• police service

Metonyms

• authority

• power    [WS]

• uniform

See also

• Thesaurus:soldier

Further reading

• “664. safety” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “965. jurisdiction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “police officer” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.