Sneaky

/ˈsniːki/

Synonyms for "sneaky" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Adjective(3 words)

acute arch artful astuteback doorback-door backstairs cagey calculating canny chiseling clandestine clever collusive covert covinous cowering crafty cringing cunning

Adjective(1 words)

catlike

Strong matches (35)

cute deceitful deep deep-laid designing devious diplomatic dishonest disingenuous duplicitous false falsehearted feline finagling foxy fraudulent furtive guileful hidlingshole-and-corner

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hugger muggerhugger-mugger illicit indirect ingenious insidious inventive knowing machiavellian machiavellic

Adjective(3 words)

deceitful devious manipulative

Adjective(2 words)

dodgy evasive

Related words (59)

pawky politic privy quailing quiet ready resourceful scheming serpentine sharp shifty shrewd sinister skulking slick slinking slinky slippery sly smooth

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snaky sneaking sophistical stealthy strategic subtile subtle supple surreptitious tactical treacherous trickish tricksy trickytwo facedtwo-facedunder-the-counterunder-the-tableundercover underground underhand underhanded unobtrusive unscrupulous vulpine wary wily

Noun(1 words)

peeking

Verb(1 words)

prowled

Adjective(9 words)

ratlike secretive slier sly slyer sneak stealthy surreptitious underhand

Adjective(1 words)

slippery

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

attribute behavior quality

More specific

5 entries

deceit guile slyness stealth subterfuge

Collocations

5 entries

sneaky approachsneaky behaviorsneaky methodsneaky samplingsneaky tactic

Inflections

2 entries

sneakier sneakiest

Derivations

2 entries

sneakily sneakiness

similar

3 entries

concealed corrupt crooked

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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No matter how sneaky you are, you can never surprise yourself.

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I thought my son was being quite sneaky lately. Sure enough, I spotted him uploading a picture of himself cross-dressing and in makeup to a blog.

Source: tatoeba (1527898)

We're sneaky.

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You're sneaky.

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