sneak
English Thesaurus
1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (noun.person)
2. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | interloper, intruder, trespasser, |
| definition | : | someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission (noun.person) |
3. a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible (noun.person)
4. to go stealthily or furtively (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | walk, |
| definition | : | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps (verb.motion) |
5. pass on stealthily (verb.possession)
6. make off with belongings of others (verb.possession)
| hypernym | : | steal, |
| definition | : | take without the owner's consent (verb.possession) |
7. put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | act, move, |
| definition | : | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb.social) |
8. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed (adj.all)
| similar | : | concealed, |
| definition | : | hidden on any grounds for any motive (adj.all) |
9. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (noun.person)
| derivation | : | confess, fink, squeal, |
| definition | : | confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on, |
| definition | : | give away information about somebody (verb.communication) |
10. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person)
| derivation | : | prowl, |
| definition | : | move about in or as if in a predatory manner (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | stalk, |
| definition | : | go through (an area) in search of prey (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, |
| definition | : | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed (adj.all) |
11. a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible (noun.person)
12. to go stealthily or furtively (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | crawler, creeper, |
| definition | : | a person who crawls or creeps along the ground (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | prowler, sneak, stalker, |
| definition | : | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person) |
13. make off with belongings of others (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | pilferage, |
| definition | : | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum, |
| definition | : | informal terms for money (noun.possession) |
14. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed (adj.all)
| derivation | : | stealing, stealth, |
| definition | : | avoiding detection by moving carefully (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | prowler, sneak, stalker, |
| definition | : | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | sneak, |
| definition | : | a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible (noun.person) |
15. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (noun.person)
| derivation | : | confess, fink, squeal, |
| definition | : | confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on, |
| definition | : | give away information about somebody (verb.communication) |
16. someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person)
| derivation | : | prowl, |
| definition | : | move about in or as if in a predatory manner (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | stalk, |
| definition | : | go through (an area) in search of prey (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, |
| definition | : | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed (adj.all) |
17. a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible (noun.person)
18. to go stealthily or furtively (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | crawler, creeper, |
| definition | : | a person who crawls or creeps along the ground (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | prowler, sneak, stalker, |
| definition | : | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person) |
19. make off with belongings of others (verb.possession)
| derivation | : | pilferage, |
| definition | : | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum, |
| definition | : | informal terms for money (noun.possession) |
20. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed (adj.all)
| derivation | : | stealing, stealth, |
| definition | : | avoiding detection by moving carefully (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | prowler, sneak, stalker, |
| definition | : | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | sneak, |
| definition | : | a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible (noun.person) |
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