Nouns

(n)secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operativea person secretly employed in espionage for a government
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(n)private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlocksomeone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations
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Adjectives

(a)operativebeing in force or having or exerting force“operative regulations”, “the major tendencies operative in the American political system”
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(a)surgical, operativerelating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine“a surgical appendix”, “a surgical procedure”, “operative dentistry”
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(s)operativeeffective; producing a desired effect“the operative word”
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(s)running, operative, functional, working(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing“in running (or working) order”, “a functional set of brakes”
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