All detector synonyms
de·tec·tor
D d noun detector
- radar — Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns.
- pointer — a person or thing that points.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- spotter — a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- discoverer — a person who discovers.
- warner — Charles Dudley [duhd-lee] /ˈdʌd li/ (Show IPA), 1829–1900, U.S. editor and essayist.
- revealer — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- sensor — a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- indicator — a person or thing that indicates.
- gauge — to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
- finder — a person or thing that finds.