Synonyms for sneaking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : snee-king |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsni kɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for sneaking Other synonyms for the word sneaking
- artful
- astute
- cagey
- canny
- captious
- catlike
- catty
- clandestine
- covert
- crafty
- cunning
- deceitful
- deceptive
- delusive
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-dealing
- elusive
- enigmatic
- feline
- foxy
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- illusory
- impish
- ingenious
- insidious
- mischievous
- noiseless
- private
- roguish
- scheming
- secret
- secretive
- sharp
- shifty
- shrewd
- silent
- skulking
- slick
- slinking
- slinky
- sly
- smart
- smooth
- sneak
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- subtle
- surreptitious
- traitorous
- treacherous
- tricky
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhand
- unscrupulous
- wily
Définition of sneaking
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.
- adj sly
- adj stealthy
- Believes herself to have a sneaking kindness for Hickman: and why.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- What do you mean by sneaking around here this time of night?
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- My-Boots and the Gaudrons went down to the dance with Boche sneaking along after them.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- "You should not be sneaking around," the German said sharply.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- I leave the sneaking off to them soft-spoken chaps you're thinking of.
- Extract from : « One Day More » by Joseph Conrad
- I'll give you something to remember me by, you sneaking cur!
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- Well, I reckon I can manage a dirty, sneaking hound like you.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- I thought I was unhappy and I had a sneaking idea I was lonesome.
- Extract from : « Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas » by Rupert Hughes
- I understand that you found Layton sneaking about the house?
- Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
- I was sneaking by, but the old chief saw me and insisted on my coming in to eat.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
Antonyms for sneaking
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