You aren't a spy, are you?
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Spy
//spaɪ//
Synonyms for "spy" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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Noun(4 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
13 entriesderived
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
desires
3 entriesentails
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesholonym
4 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
2 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
291 translations across 115 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- spioen noun (person who secretly watches)
- bespied verb (to act as a spy)
- bespied verb (to spot at a distance)
- spioeneer verb (to act as a spy)
Albanian
3 entries- përgjues noun (person who secretly watches)
- pikas verb (to spot at a distance)
- përgjoj verb (to act as a spy)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κατάσκοπος noun (person who secretly watches)
- κατασκοπέω verb (to act as a spy)
Andalusian Arabic
1 entries- دَيْسُوس noun (person who secretly watches)
Arabic
3 entries- جَاسُوس noun (person who secretly watches)
- جَاسُوس noun (person who secretly watches)
- تَجَسَّسَ verb (to act as a spy)
Aramaic
3 entries- גשושא noun (person who secretly watches)
- ܓܫܘܫܐ noun (person who secretly watches)
- 𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡊𐡀 noun (person who secretly watches)
Armenian
2 entries- լրտես noun (person who secretly watches)
- լրտեսել verb (to act as a spy)
Assamese
1 entries- চোৰাংচোৱা noun (person who secretly watches)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܓܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ noun (person who secretly watches)
Avar
1 entries- жасус noun (person who secretly watches)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- casus noun (person who secretly watches)
Basque
1 entries- espioi noun (person who secretly watches)
Belarusian
4 entries- шпег noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпік noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпіён noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпіёнка noun (person who secretly watches)
Bengali
2 entries- গুপ্তচর noun (person who secretly watches)
- গুপ্তচর noun (person who secretly watches)
Bulgarian
4 entries- шпио́нин noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпио́нка noun (person who secretly watches)
- забелязвам verb (to spot at a distance)
- съзирам verb (to spot at a distance)
Burmese
1 entries- သူလျှို noun (person who secretly watches)
Catalan
2 entries- espia noun (person who secretly watches)
- espiar verb (to act as a spy)
Chechen
1 entries- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
Chinese
1 entries- 間諜 /间谍 noun (person who secretly watches)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 間諜 /间谍 noun (person who secretly watches)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 間諜 /间谍 noun (person who secretly watches)
- 暗中偵察 /暗中侦察 verb (to act as a spy)
Czech
4 entries- vyzvědač noun (person who secretly watches)
- vyzvědačka noun (person who secretly watches)
- špeh noun (person who secretly watches)
- špión noun (person who secretly watches)
Danish
3 entries- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
- få øje på verb (to spot at a distance)
- spionere verb (to act as a spy)
Dari
1 entries- جَاسُوس noun (person who secretly watches)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ޖާސޫސް noun (person who secretly watches)
Dutch
4 entries- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
- spionne noun (person who secretly watches)
- bespieden verb (to act as a spy)
- spioneren verb (to act as a spy)
Esperanto
2 entries- spiono noun (person who secretly watches)
- spioni verb (to act as a spy)
Estonian
1 entries- spioon noun (person who secretly watches)
Faroese
1 entries- njósnari noun (person who secretly watches)
Finnish
3 entries- vakoilija noun (person who secretly watches)
- vakooja noun (person who secretly watches)
- vakoilla verb (to act as a spy)
French
3 entries- espion noun (person who secretly watches)
- espionne noun (person who secretly watches)
- espionner verb (to act as a spy)
Galician
4 entries- espía noun (person who secretly watches)
- esculcar verb (to spot at a distance)
- espiar verb (to act as a spy)
- espiar verb (to spot at a distance)
Georgian
4 entries- მოთვალთვალე noun (person who secretly watches)
- მსტოვარი noun (person who secretly watches)
- შპიონი noun (person who secretly watches)
- ჯაშუში noun (person who secretly watches)
German
4 entries- Schlapphut noun (person who secretly watches)
- Schnüffler noun (person who secretly watches)
- Spion noun (person who secretly watches)
- Spionin noun (person who secretly watches)
Ghomala'
1 entries- bâ class 1 noun (person who secretly watches)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰 noun (person who secretly watches)
Greek
2 entries- κατάσκοπος noun (person who secretly watches)
- κατασκοπεύω verb (to act as a spy)
Greenlandic
2 entries- marserpaa verb (to act as a spy)
- marserpoq verb (to act as a spy)
Gujarati
1 entries- જાસૂસ noun (person who secretly watches)
Hebrew
2 entries- מְרַגֵל noun (person who secretly watches)
- מרגלת noun (person who secretly watches)
Hindi
2 entries- गुप्तचर noun (person who secretly watches)
- जासूस noun (person who secretly watches)
Hungarian
4 entries- kém noun (person who secretly watches)
- kémnő noun (person who secretly watches)
- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
- kémkedik verb (to act as a spy)
Icelandic
3 entries- njósnari noun (person who secretly watches)
- koma auga á verb (to spot at a distance)
- njósna verb (to act as a spy)
Indonesian
2 entries- mata-mata noun (person who secretly watches)
- memata-matai verb (to act as a spy)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- جاسوس noun (person who secretly watches)
Irish
2 entries- brathadóir noun (person who secretly watches)
- spiaire noun (person who secretly watches)
Italian
3 entries- spia noun (person who secretly watches)
- spiare verb (to act as a spy)
- spiare verb (to spot at a distance)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- pree verb (to spot at a distance)
Japanese
4 entries- スパイ noun (person who secretly watches)
- 回し者 noun (person who secretly watches)
- 密使 noun (person who secretly watches)
- 密偵 noun (person who secretly watches)
Kazakh
2 entries- тыңшы noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
Khmer
1 entries- ចារបុរស noun (person who secretly watches)
Korean
3 entries- 간첩 noun (person who secretly watches)
- 밀정 noun (person who secretly watches)
- 스파이 noun (person who secretly watches)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- тыңчы noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
Lak
1 entries- ясус noun (person who secretly watches)
Lao
4 entries- ຈາລະບຸລຸດ noun (person who secretly watches)
- ນັກສືບ noun (person who secretly watches)
- ເຊີຽ noun (person who secretly watches)
- ໃສ້ເສິກ noun (person who secretly watches)
Latin
4 entries- speculātor noun (person who secretly watches)
- speculātrix noun (person who secretly watches)
- ēmissārius noun (person who secretly watches)
- ōtacustēs noun (person who secretly watches)
Latvian
4 entries- spiedze noun (person who secretly watches)
- spiegs noun (person who secretly watches)
- ieraudzīt verb (to spot at a distance)
- saskatīt verb (to spot at a distance)
Lithuanian
2 entries- šnipas noun (person who secretly watches)
- šnipė noun (person who secretly watches)
Macedonian
3 entries- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпионка noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпиони́ра verb (to act as a spy)
Malagasy
1 entries- mitsikilo noun (person who secretly watches)
Malay
2 entries- pengintip noun (person who secretly watches)
- intip verb (to act as a spy)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചാരൻ noun (person who secretly watches)
Maltese
2 entries- spija noun (person who secretly watches)
- spjun noun (person who secretly watches)
Marathi
3 entries- गुप्तहेर noun (person who secretly watches)
- हेर noun (person who secretly watches)
- हेरगिरी करणे verb (to act as a spy)
Mongolian
2 entries- тагнуул noun (person who secretly watches)
- тагнуулч noun (person who secretly watches)
Māori
4 entries- kaitūtei noun (person who secretly watches)
- pūrahorua noun (person who secretly watches)
- pūrahorua noun (person who secretly watches)
- tūtei noun (person who secretly watches)
Navajo
1 entries- naalchiʼí noun (person who secretly watches)
Norman
2 entries- espion noun (person who secretly watches)
- êpieux noun (person who secretly watches)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- casûs noun (person who secretly watches)
- diznêr noun (person who secretly watches)
- spiyon noun (person who secretly watches)
- sîxur noun (person who secretly watches)
Norwegian
2 entries- få øye på verb (to spot at a distance)
- spionere verb (to act as a spy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
Occitan
2 entries- espion noun (person who secretly watches)
- espionar verb (to act as a spy)
Odia
1 entries- ଗୁପ୍ତଚର noun (person who secretly watches)
Old Armenian
1 entries- գուշակ noun (person who secretly watches)
Old English
1 entries- sċēawere noun (person who secretly watches)
Ossetian
2 entries- дзырдхӕссӕг noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
Pashto
1 entries- جاسوس noun (person who secretly watches)
Persian
2 entries- ایشه noun (person who secretly watches)
- گوش noun (person who secretly watches)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spiejoon noun (person who secretly watches)
Polish
4 entries- szpieg noun (person who secretly watches)
- szpion noun (person who secretly watches)
- dostrzec verb (to spot at a distance)
- szpiegować verb (to act as a spy)
Portuguese
3 entries- espião noun (person who secretly watches)
- espiar verb (to act as a spy)
- espionar verb (to act as a spy)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਖਬਰਗੀਰ noun (person who secretly watches)
- ਜਸੂਸ noun (person who secretly watches)
Quechua
1 entries- chapatiyay verb (to act as a spy)
Romanian
3 entries- spioană noun (person who secretly watches)
- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
- spiona verb (to act as a spy)
Russian
4 entries- аге́нт noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпик noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпио́н noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпио́нка noun (person who secretly watches)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ùhoda noun (person who secretly watches)
- špìjūn noun (person who secretly watches)
- špìjūnka noun (person who secretly watches)
- у̀хода noun (person who secretly watches)
Slovak
4 entries- sliedič noun (person who secretly watches)
- sliedička noun (person who secretly watches)
- vyzvedač noun (person who secretly watches)
- vyzvedačka noun (person who secretly watches)
Slovene
3 entries- vohun noun (person who secretly watches)
- vohunka noun (person who secretly watches)
- vohuniti verb (to act as a spy)
Sotho
2 entries- tlhwela noun (person who secretly watches)
- hlwela verb (to act as a spy)
Spanish
4 entries- chivato noun (person who secretly watches)
- espía noun (person who secretly watches)
- avistar verb (to spot at a distance)
- espiar verb (to act as a spy)
Swahili
4 entries- jasusi noun (person who secretly watches)
- mpelelezi noun (person who secretly watches)
- majasusi verb (to act as a spy)
- majasusi verb (to spot at a distance)
Swedish
4 entries- kunskapare noun (person who secretly watches)
- spion noun (person who secretly watches)
- kunskapa verb (to act as a spy)
- spionera verb (to act as a spy)
Tabasaran
1 entries- жасус noun (person who secretly watches)
Tagalog
1 entries- batyaw noun (person who secretly watches)
Tajik
2 entries- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
- ҷосус noun (person who secretly watches)
Tatar
1 entries- шпион noun (person who secretly watches)
Telugu
2 entries- గూఢచారి noun (person who secretly watches)
- వేగు noun (person who secretly watches)
Thai
1 entries- สายลับ noun (person who secretly watches)
Tibetan
1 entries- སོ་པ noun (person who secretly watches)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pälkostau noun (person who secretly watches)
Turkish
4 entries- ajan noun (person who secretly watches)
- casus noun (person who secretly watches)
- çaşıt noun (person who secretly watches)
- ajanlık yapmak verb (to act as a spy)
Turkmen
1 entries- içaly noun (person who secretly watches)
Tuvan
2 entries- шивишкин noun (person who secretly watches)
- шивишкиннээр verb (to act as a spy)
Ukrainian
4 entries- шпиг noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпигу́н noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпигу́нка noun (person who secretly watches)
- шпик noun (person who secretly watches)
Urdu
1 entries- جاسُوس noun (person who secretly watches)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئىشپىيون noun (person who secretly watches)
- جاسۇس noun (person who secretly watches)
Uzbek
2 entries- josus noun (person who secretly watches)
- shpion noun (person who secretly watches)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gián điệp noun (person who secretly watches)
Volapük
4 entries- hispionan noun (person who secretly watches)
- jispionan noun (person who secretly watches)
- spionan noun (person who secretly watches)
- spionön verb (to act as a spy)
Welsh
3 entries- ysbïwr noun (person who secretly watches)
- ysbïwraig noun (person who secretly watches)
- ysbïo verb (to act as a spy)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- merrtt noun (person who secretly watches)
Yakut
1 entries- үспүйүөн noun (person who secretly watches)
Yiddish
1 entries- שפּיאָן noun (person who secretly watches)
Zazaki
2 entries- casus noun (person who secretly watches)
- casusin verb (to act as a spy)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
White was denounced to the police as a spy.
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It occurred to me that he might be an industrial spy.
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The secretary proved to be a spy.
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