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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sneak

    Synonyms:
    slink, skulk, steal away, lurk, cringe, crouch, truckle

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sneaknoun

    a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible

    Synonyms:
    canary, stalker, stoolpigeon, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, prowler

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  2. prowler, sneak, stalkernoun

    someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

    Synonyms:
    canary, stalker, stoolpigeon, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, prowler

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  3. fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canaryadjective

    someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

    Synonyms:
    fink, stool pigeon, pilferer, canary bird, stoolie, canary, tennis shoe, canary yellow, stalker, sneaker, stoolpigeon, sneak thief, snitch, prowler, snitcher, gym shoe

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  4. furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitiousverb

    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

    "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  5. sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfootverb

    to go stealthily or furtively

    "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

    Synonyms:
    cower, cabbage, filch, slip, fawn, snarf, purloin, crawl, grovel, nobble, cringe, pinch, hook, lift, swipe, pussyfoot, creep, mouse, pilfer, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  6. sneakverb

    put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner

    "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"

    Synonyms:
    nobble, hook, pussyfoot, creep, mouse, cabbage, pilfer, filch, slip, pinch, purloin, lift, snarf, swipe, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  7. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

    make off with belongings of others

    Synonyms:
    elevate, snitch, rook, mouse, hook, top, victimize, nobble, uprise, arise, cop, cabbage, repeal, abstract, kidnap, vellicate, crimp, snarf, lift, con, vacate, defraud, hornswoggle, reverse, pussyfoot, go up, plagiarise, bring up, airlift, raise, rob, plume, revoke, pilfer, accost, overcharge, knock off, rise, abduct, move up, thieve, addict, crochet, filch, get up, squeeze, gyp, swindle, come up, creep, diddle, pinch, wind, pluck, swipe, solicit, countermand, bunco, twitch, rear, soak, rustle, hoist, short-change, goldbrick, snatch, purloin, scam, tweet, snare, face-lift, fleece, mulct, gip, plagiarize, gazump, surcharge, twinge, rescind, annul, slip, overturn, glom

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

  8. slip, sneakverb

    pass on stealthily

    "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"

    Synonyms:
    slide, slip, steal, filch, slew, snarf, slue, pinch, swipe, skid, purloin, slip one's mind, drop away, cabbage, nobble, pilfer, pussyfoot, hook, luxate, lift, dislocate, splay, drop off, fall away, creep, mouse, mistake, err, abstract

    Antonyms:
    unconcealed

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sneakverb

    Synonyms:
    skulk, lurk, slink, peak, steal away, sneak off, slink away

  2. sneakverb

    Synonyms:
    crouch, truckle

  3. sneaknoun

    Synonyms:
    shirk, lurker, mean fellow

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sneakverb

    Synonyms:
    skulk, slink, lurk, snoop

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "sneak":

    sneaking, infiltrate, infiltration

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How to use sneak in a sentence?

  1. Easton Stick:

    You’re kind of just playing at that point, josh found a way to kind of uncover there in the back. A few guys kind of attached to me, and there was enough of a window to kind of sneak it in there.

  2. Maggie Lagle:

    It was a pretty big deal for him to sneak the club-head and golf balls into space!

  3. Thomas Lewis:

    I think we got to him, i feel confident the governor will do the right thing. I'm not some freak who just wants to sneak into the (opposite sex) bathroom. I want to use the bathroom where I feel I belong.

  4. Fred VanVleet:

    If I make a couple more shots, we probably sneak out with a win.

  5. Satomi Alhaji Ahmed:

    She told the military officers who interrogated her that they were among several women detailed by Boko Haram to attack the camp. She warned more Boko Haram attacks were underway as the female bombers would sneak into the camp in different guises.


Translations for sneak

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  • التسللArabic
  • Kriecherin, Duckmäuser, Duckmäuserin, Kriecher, schleichenGerman
  • esconder, pillo, escabullir, moverse con sigiloSpanish
  • piileksiä, antaa ilmi, hämärämies, hiipiä, pihistää, näpistää, piilotella, piileskellä, laverrella, ilmiantaa, hiiviskellä, hiippailla, hiippari, hiippailijaFinnish
  • faucher, cacher, piquer, resquiller, masquer, planquer, dissimulerFrench
  • REPOLatin
  • wegsluipen, rondsluipen, sluipen, gluiperdDutch
  • snik, snikeNorwegian
  • a strecuraRomanian
  • ябедаRussian
  • smygaSwedish
  • แอบThai
  • trộmVietnamese
  • 潜行Chinese

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