philip marlowe

1. 1.

   tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler

   SynonymsMarlowe

   Broaderfictional character

   United States

Questions about philip marlowe

What does philip marlowe mean?

philip marlowe means "tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler".

What is another word for philip marlowe?

Close synonyms include Marlowe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is philip marlowe a common word?

philip marlowe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.