Stealthy

/ˈstɛlθi/

Synonyms for "stealthy" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Adjective(6 words)

furtive camouflaged cattish concealed covertcreeping motion

acute arch artful astuteback doorback-door backstairs cagey canny catlike catty clandestine clever closet covert crafty

Noun(4 words)

ambushing cloakingcovert operationcreeping

Strong matches (39)

cunning cute deceitful deep deep-laid designing diplomatic doggo feline foxy furtive guilefulhidden outhidlingshole-and-cornerhugger muggerhugger-mugger hush-hushin ambushin hiding

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in the wingsingenious insidious inventive knowing lurking machiavellian machiavellic mystical noiselesson tiptoepawky politic privy

Noun(4 words)

evading hiding infiltrating ninja

Verb(1 words)

prowled

Related words (64)

prowling pussyfoot pussyfooted quiet ready resourceful scheming secret secretive serpentine sharp shifty shrewd silent skulking slick slinking slinky slippery sly

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smooth snaky sneak sneaking sneaky sophistical stealing stealthful strategic subtile subtle supple surreptitious tactical trickish tricksy trickyunder coverunder-the-counterunder-the-tableundercover underground underhand underhanded underneath unobtrusive vulpinewaiting concealedwary wily

Noun(4 words)

puma sniping stalking tiptoeing

Adjective(10 words)

ratlike secretive slinkier slyest sneak sneakier sneakiest sneaky stealthiest surreptitious

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries

biological traitdescriptive attribute

More specific

4 entries

stealthy approachstealthy behaviorstealthy colorationstealthy gait

Collocations

6 entries

stealthy approachstealthy behaviorstealthy footstepsstealthy gaitstealthy movementstealthy surveillance

Inflections

2 entries

stealthier stealthiest

Derivations

2 entries

stealthily stealthiness

similar

1 entries

concealed

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This aircraft is stealthy and carries cruise missiles.

Source: tatoeba (3862101)

Last night, about two in the morning, I was aroused by a stealthy step passing my room.

Source: tatoeba (6616925)

I try my best to be stealthy and covert when waking up earlier than my family members.

Source: tatoeba (10974051)

stealthy military manoeuvres

Source: wiktionary

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