Antonyms for spy
spaɪspy

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1. spy

   The scout and the spy are both employed to obtain information of the numbers, movements, etc., of an enemy. The scout lurks on the outskirts of the hostile army with such concealment as the case admits of, but without disguise; a spy enters in disguise within the enemy's lines. A scout, if captured, has the rights of a prisoner of war; a spy is held to have forfeited all rights, and is liable, in case of capture, to capital punishment. An emissary is rather political than military; sent rather to secretly influence opponents than to bring information concerning them; so far as he does the latter, he is not only an emissary, but a spy.

   Synonyms:
   detective, emissary, scout

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1. spyverb

   Antonyms:
   miss, overlook, misexplore, misobserve

   Synonyms:
   see, espy, discern, discover, explore, view, inspect

2. spynoun

   Antonyms:
   sentinel, watchman, warder, patrol

   Synonyms:
   emissary, detective, scout

Matched Categories

1. • Investigate
   • Perceive

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. spy, undercover agentnoun

   (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

   Synonyms:
   undercover agent

2. spyverb

   a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people

   "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"

   Synonyms:
   undercover agent

3. descry, spot, espy, spyverb

   catch sight of

   Synonyms:
   blob, blemish, snoop, recognize, stag, sight, descry, fleck, espy, pick out, sleuth, recognise, distinguish, tell apart, make out, blot, discern, spot

4. spy, stag, snoop, sleuthverb

   watch, observe, or inquire secretly

   Synonyms:
   snoop, give away, shit, stag, sight, shop, betray, espy, sleuth, rat, snitch, denounce, tell on, grass, spot, descry

5. spy, sightverb

   catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes

   "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"

   Synonyms:
   spot, stag, sight, descry, sleuth, espy, snoop

6. spyverb

   secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage

   "spy for the Russians"

   Synonyms:
   spot, espy, snoop, stag, sight, sleuth, descry

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1. spynoun

   Synonyms:
   scout, emissary (disguised)

2. spyverb

   Synonyms:
   espy, see

How to use spy in a sentence?

1. Muhammad Musallam:

   I tell my father and my son: Repent to God. I say to the spies who spy on Islamic State: You will not be successful, they will expose you.

2. Daniel Markuson:

   What that means is, when browsers log into Facebook, Gmail or anywhere else using a private window, these websites actually know about it, and it will not protect you from being monitored by your ISP, marketers, and even the government if they decide to spy on you.

3. Alex Tsai:

   Wang Liqiang is not a spy. That is already certain.

4. Bill Burns:

   We will probably never know the truth, because The Chinese don't know the truth, and it will be difficult for Bill Burns intelligence to figure it out if The Chinese never do, the Chinese have NO interest in learning the truth, so The Chinese's hard to spy on them and find out what the truth is.

5. Susanne Roff:

   This is a curious case of an( alleged spy) who was allowed to hide in plain sight in London.

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