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Synonyms for sneak
sniksneak
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Princeton's WordNet
sneaknoun
a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
Synonyms:
canary, stalker, stoolpigeon, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, prowlerAntonyms:
unconcealedprowler, sneak, stalkernoun
someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
Synonyms:
canary, stalker, stoolpigeon, snitch, stool pigeon, sneaker, snitcher, fink, stoolie, prowlerAntonyms:
unconcealedfink, 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 shoeAntonyms:
unconcealedfurtive, 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:
unconcealedsneak, 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, abstractAntonyms:
unconcealedsneakverb
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, abstractAntonyms:
unconcealedpilfer, 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, glomAntonyms:
unconcealedslip, 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, abstractAntonyms:
unconcealed
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
sneakverb
Synonyms:
skulk, lurk, slink, peak, steal away, sneak off, slink awaysneakverb
sneaknoun
Synonyms:
shirk, lurker, mean fellow
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sneak":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#104 | top | |
#1475 | abstract | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2382 | mouse | |
#2529 | con | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3394 | slide | |
#3398 | rear | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4158 | rob | |
#4499 | lift | |
#5110 | slip | |
#5613 | hook | |
#5805 | mistake | |
#7087 | arise | |
#8683 | steal | |
#8969 | fleece | |
#9382 | cop | |
#11065 | scam | |
#11353 | err | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#14072 | addict | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#14920 | canary | |
#15567 | crochet | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#16414 | cabbage | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#17166 | surcharge | |
#18621 | creep | |
#19340 | soak | |
#20034 | skid | |
#21425 | solicit | |
#21921 | fink | |
#22194 | slew | |
#22401 | infiltration | |
#22436 | snare | |
#22635 | stalker | |
#22890 | plume | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#26161 | crouch | |
#27830 | hoist | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#29612 | sneaker | |
#29876 | elevate | |
#30821 | fawn | |
#34150 | crimp | |
#34999 | overturn | |
#35780 | rook | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#36540 | vacate | |
#37632 | kidnap | |
#38462 | swipe | |
#39553 | sneaking | |
#42035 | airlift | |
#42454 | gip | |
#42602 | infiltrate | |
#43010 | cringe | |
#45132 | rescind | |
#45434 | prowler | |
#49672 | lurk | |
#49972 | defraud | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#67892 | slink | |
#72008 | rustle | |
#72473 | diddle | |
#73889 | tweet | |
#80071 | annul | |
#85954 | overcharge | |
#87124 | abduct | |
#88024 | splay | |
#95956 | plagiarize | |
#96993 | snarf | |
#102486 | cower | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#116571 | grovel | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#164852 | victimize | |
#176380 | glom | |
#176519 | filch | |
#196665 | dislocate | |
#199693 | pilfer | |
#205400 | accost | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#232896 | skulk | |
#271278 | pussyfoot | |
#275633 | truckle | |
#295290 | countermand | |
#323789 | thieve | |
#327979 | plagiarise |
How to use sneak in a sentence?
Due to a technical glitch, some Frank Underwood fans got a sneak peak, he'll be back on Netflix on Feb. 27.
I ’m a parent of three boys, and when I hear from my boys [ that ] they do n’t want to go to the bathroom because people will be vaping in there, it just breaks my heart that they’re not having a bathroom break all day because of that, that kids are so addicted that they have to sneak away to the bathroom, or they are vaping in class using some covert pieces of clothing, shows this really is a public health crisis. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.
I'm just sounding the alarm. And I didn't know what else to do, they're going to sneak into our country and they're going to attack us.
If you had asked me( could Kathy Barnette win) two weeks ago, absolutely not, no chance. Today, there is a chance now, absolutely, all I see on television all the time is McCormick and Oz, McCormick and Oz. ... There is the opportunity for the two big money boys to split down the middle and it allows someone to sneak up.
It's lucky we spotted this little Kiwi trying to sneak in an extra 1,500 votes under the cover of darkness, but they'll have to play by the rules like all of the other birds to win the competition.
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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