Definition of operatives

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  • operatives is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • operatives is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • operatives is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of operatives

  • a person secretly employed in espionage for a government (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. intelligence agent
    2. intelligence officer
    3. secret agent
  • relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adjective)

    Examples

    1. operative dentistry

    Synonyms

    1. surgical
  • someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pi
    2. private detective
    3. private eye
    4. private investigator
    5. shamus
    6. sherlock
  • (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. functional
    2. running
    3. working
  • being in force or having or exerting force (adjective)

    Examples

    1. operative regulations
    2. the major tendencies operative in the American political system
  • effective; producing a desired effect (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the operative word

See definition of operatives in Merriam Webster