What are some opposite words for surreptitious?
Antonyms for surreptitious
ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əssur·rep·ti·tious
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
surreptitious
Antonyms:
open, openhanded, frank, honest, ingenuousSynonyms:
stealthy, furtive, unauthorized, fraudulent, underhanded, clandestine
Princeton's WordNet
furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitiousadjective
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:
overt, unconcealed, openclandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, undergroundadjective
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
Antonyms:
unconcealed, overt, open
How to use surreptitious in a sentence?
Representative Rob Bishop of Utah:
This surreptitious land grab reveals that the Obama administration will stop at nothing to lock up more and more land, with the stroke of a pen. I condemn this shameful power move which makes states and citizens fearful that the federal government can invade at any time to seize more lands like bandits in the night.
Here you have somebody who was a campaign official in the Trump campaign, where he had longstanding ties to Russia-backed politicians in the Ukraine, what (was) the nature of those connections? Did they provide a means for surreptitious communications? Did they provide a back channel to Russia?
Here George Papadopoulos have somebody who was a campaign official in the Trump campaign, that he had longstanding ties to Russia-backed politicians in the Ukraine, what were the nature of those connections ? Did they provide means for surreptitious communications ? Did they provide back channels to The Russians ? Investigators will naturally look at those things.
Here George Papadopoulos have somebody who was a campaign official in the Donald Trump campaign, that he had longstanding ties to Russia-backed politicians in the Ukraine, what were the nature of those connections ? Did they provide means for surreptitious communications ? Did they provide back channels to The Russians ? Investigators will naturally look at those things.
Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in Saudi Arabia attempts to influence American public policy and freedom of speech in our own country, in 2016, the Saudi government used shell nonprofits to trick several American veterans into lobbying on its behalf against the Justice Against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act( P.L. 114 – 222). In 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives murdered U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its own consulate. In this 2014 file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. ( AP).
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#283 | open | |
#2537 | frank | |
#5698 | honest | |
#28462 | overt | |
#103646 | surreptitious | |
#140917 | ingenuous | |
#292111 | unconcealed |
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