The policeman noticed a man sneak in.
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Sneak
//sniːk//
Synonyms for "sneak" (221 found)
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Noun(29 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (110)
Noun(43 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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5 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas subevent
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَسَلَّلَ verb (to creep)
Bulgarian
4 entries- измамник noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- дебна verb (to hide in a mean or cowardly manner)
- доноснича verb (to inform an authority about another's misdemeanours)
- отмъквам verb (to take something stealthily)
Catalan
3 entries- estafa noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- estafador noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- estafadora noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偷拿 verb (to take something stealthily)
- 偷走 verb (to take something stealthily)
- 告狀 /告状 verb (to hide in a mean or cowardly manner)
- 潛行 /潜行 verb (to creep)
Dutch
4 entries- gluiperd noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- rondsluipen verb (to creep)
- sluipen verb (to creep)
- wegsluipen verb (to creep)
Finnish
4 entries- hiippailija noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- hiippari noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- hämärämies noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- antaa ilmi verb (to inform an authority about another's misdemeanours)
French
4 entries- resquilleur noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- cacher verb (to hide in a mean or cowardly manner)
- dissimuler verb (to hide in a mean or cowardly manner)
- faucher verb (to creep)
German
4 entries- Duckmäuser noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- Duckmäuserin noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- Kriecher noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- Kriecherin noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 verb (to creep)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִתְגַּנֵּב verb (to creep)
- הִתְפַלֵּחַ verb (to creep)
Hungarian
2 entries- lopakodik verb (to creep)
- settenkedik verb (to creep)
Italian
4 entries- furfante noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- imbroglione noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- lestofante noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- accalappiare verb (to take something stealthily)
Japanese
1 entries- 詐欺師 noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
Māori
4 entries- mōtorotoro verb (to creep)
- whakameto verb (to creep)
- whakamomoka verb (to creep)
- whakamomoka verb (to take something stealthily)
Norwegian
2 entries- snik noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- snike verb (to creep)
Portuguese
4 entries- sonsa noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- sonso noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- vigarista noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- afanar verb (to take something stealthily)
Romanian
1 entries- se furișa verb (to creep)
Russian
4 entries- кра́сться verb (to creep)
- проска́льзывать verb (to creep)
- проскользну́ть verb (to creep)
- прошмыгну́ть verb (to creep)
Spanish
4 entries- pillo noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- delatar verb (to inform an authority about another's misdemeanours)
- escabullir verb (to hide in a mean or cowardly manner)
- esconder verb (to hide in a mean or cowardly manner)
Swedish
3 entries- bluffmakare noun (a cheat; con artist; trickster)
- nalla verb (to take something stealthily)
- smyga verb (to creep)
Thai
1 entries- ย่อง verb (to creep)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lẻn verb (to creep)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
There was a special sneak preview last night.
Source: tatoeba (244461)
I caught him trying to sneak out.
Source: tatoeba (260134)
May I sneak in? My flight is leaving soon.
Source: tatoeba (278324)
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