Synonyms of the word furtive


FURTIVEBACKSTAIR - BACKSTAIRS - CONCEALED - COVERT - SNEAK - SNEAKY - STEALTHY - SURREPTITIOUS

furtive

  • adj. Stealthy.
  • adj. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.

backstair

  • adj. clandestine, secret or furtive.
  • n. The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).

backstairs

  • n. A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
  • n. An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
  • adj. Secret or furtive.
  • adj. Scandalous.

concealed

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of conceal.

covert

  • adj. (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
  • adj. (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
  • n. A covering.
  • n. A disguise.
  • n. A hiding place.
  • n. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
  • n. (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

sneak

  • n. One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
  • n. A cheat; a con artist; a trickster.
  • n. An informer; a tell-tale.
  • n. (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter.
  • n. (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
  • v. (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who…
  • v. (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
  • v. (intransitive) (informal, especially with on) To inform an authority about another's misdemeanours; to…
  • adj. In advance; before release to the general public.
  • adj. In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.

sneaky

  • adj. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
  • adj. Dishonest; deceitful.

stealthy

  • adj. Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.

surreptitious

  • adj. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

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