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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?
In Mexico, they don't have any community connections. They don't have jobs, they don't have attorneys, they are trying to sneak into the US because they are just getting desperate of waiting in Mexico because they are hearing their court hearings are happening in months.
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.
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.
He said he wanted to sneak it into the cell as a snack as hed didnt think the food was up to much.
I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
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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