sneak
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
to go stealthily or furtively
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
Types & categories
- intruder hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner
sneak a look
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Sense 5 noun
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Types & categories
- squealer hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
make off with belongings of others
Types & categories
- steal hypernym
Related & opposite
- pilferage derivation
- shoplifter derivation
- snitcher derivation
- boodle derivation
Sense 7 verb
pass on stealthily
He slipped me the key when nobody was looking
Types & categories
- hand hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | furtive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneaky |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | slip away |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | creeper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | creep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mouse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stalk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | furtive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | intruder |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confess |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shit |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | squealer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pilferage |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoplifter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | snitcher |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | boodle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | steal |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand |