Antonyms for sneak
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sneek |
| Phonetic Transcription : snik |
Definition of sneak
Origin :- 1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c.1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.
- noun person who is very dishonest
- verb move stealthily
- "A sneak always lies well," he replied, as he sneered at Lanning.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He may think he can sneak around because you're a woman and stall you.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- You're afraid of my making you split upon some of your babbling just now, are you, Sneak?'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- You cannot help thinking that the sneak would be a tyrant, if he had the opportunity.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- Best way would be to try and sneak in, and not shout they were coming.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Instant vengeance was then to be taken on Mallett and his companion—the sneak!
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- You hold on till I sneak into the entry and get my cap and we'll put for there now.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- More'n that, I hate to go 'round feelin' like a sneak thief.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It would be a fine thing for you, no doubt, if you could sneak round her behind my back!
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- Here he's managed to sneak on to the personal staff of the marshal.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for sneak
- ambush
- case
- cheat
- cheater
- con artist
- coward
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cur
- dastard
- deceive
- delude
- evade
- glide
- gumshoe
- heel
- hide
- informer
- louse
- lurk
- mooch
- move secretly
- ooze
- pad
- pass
- prowl
- pussyfoot
- rascal
- reptile
- scoundrel
- secrete
- shirk
- sidle
- skulk
- skunk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- slither
- sly
- smuggle
- snake
- snake in grass
- snook
- spirit
- steal
- toad
- weasel
- worm
- wretch
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