- furtive, lurking, skulking, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious - marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
Antonym: unconcealed (indirect, via concealed)
- prowler, sneak, stalker - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
--1 is a kind of intruder, interloper, trespasser
Derived form: verb sneak1 - fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
--2 is a kind of informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
- sneak, mouse, creep, steal, pussyfoot - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
--1 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun sneak1
The children sneak to the playground
- sneak - put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
They sneak the parcel to their parents
They sneak them the parcel
They sneak the food to the people
They sneak the people the food
- pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift - make off with belongings of others
--3 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
They sneak the money
- slip, sneak - pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
--4 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift - make off with belongings of others