Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "steal" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

donate receive

Derived Terms

besteal close the stable door after the horse has been stolen don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep double steal forsteal kill steal lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen scene stealing scene-stealing shop steal steal a glance steal a kiss steal a march steal someone's heart steal someone's identity steal someone's soul steal someone's thunder steal the bacon steal the scene steal the show stealection subclavian steal syndrome

Context

baseball basketball computing curling humorous ice hockey sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

acquire advance ball baseball baseball game gain gain ground get ahead make headway move pull ahead purchase take win

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

dacoit expropriate fly the blue pigeon nationalize shoplift twoc

Type Of (IsA)

baseball

Manner Of

gain move take

Motivated By Goal

have no money want money

Related Terms

bilk booty burglarize burgle confiscate hot make off pickpocket pilfer steal away stealth sticky fingers theft thief

Related Terms

acquire advance artful burglarize burgle confiscate crime dispossess end get hammer illegally move owner permission pickpocket pilfer rob secret silent steal away steal show stolen base surreptitious take take illegally take unlawfully taking theft unlawfully

Synonym Network

bargain sneak snitch swipe thieve

Manner Variants (Troponyms)

shoplift

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.