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| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very dishonest |
| Synonyms: | con artist, coward, cur, dastard, heel*, informer, louse, rascal, scoundrel, skunk*, slink*, snake*, toad*, weasel*, wretch, cheater, reptile, snake in grass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | ambush, case, cheat, cower, crawl, creep, deceive, delude, evade, glide, gumshoe*, hide, lurk, mooch, ooze, pad, pass, prowl, pussyfoot*, secrete, shirk, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, slither, sly, smuggle, snake, spirit, steal, move secretly, snook, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up*, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stow, veil, wrap, cover up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, put in a hole, stash, stay out of sight, tuck away |
| Antonyms: | disclose, divulge, expose, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover, lay bare, let out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is scared, easily intimidated |
| Synonyms: | alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, funk, gutless*, malingerer, mouse*, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit*, recreant, shirk, shirker, sneak, weakling, wimp*, yellow*, chicken heart, chicken liver, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, scaredy cat, skulker, white liver, yellow belly |
| Antonyms: | aggressor, hero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, hover in fear |
| Synonyms: | bootlick*, brownnose*, cringe, crouch, draw back, fawn, flinch, grovel, honey*, kowtow*, quail*, recoil, shrink, skulk, sneak, toady*, tremble, truckle, wince, apple-polish, blench |
| Antonyms: | come out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe*, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, wriggle, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, scrabble, worm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense against the law |
| Synonyms: | abomination, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, fault, felony, hit, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, transgression, trespass, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, antisocial behavior, criminality, delict, delictum, evil behavior, fast one, illegality, immorality, malefaction, tort, unlawful act |
| Notes: | crime is from Latin crimen 'judgment, accusation, offense' and a crime is an act in violation of a law; a misdemeanor is a less serious crime while a felony is a major crime |
| Antonyms: | good deed, kindness |
| Main Entry: | enter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come, put into a place |
| Synonyms: | access, arrive, barge in*, break in, butt in*, come in, crack, crawl, creep, drop in, get in, horn in, immigrate, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, intrude, invade, penetrate, pierce, probe, slip, sneak, wriggle, blow in*, breeze in, burst in, bust in, crowd in, drive in, fall into, gain entrée, go in, jump in, make an entrance, make way, move in, pass into, pile in, pop in*, rush in, set foot in, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | filch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | cop*, crib*, embezzle, hustle*, lift*, misappropriate, pilfer*, pinch*, purloin, rip off*, rob, scrounge, sneak, snitch*, swipe, take, thieve, snipe, walk off with |
| Antonyms: | contribute, give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | informant/informer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who delivers news |
| Synonyms: | accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth*, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, preacher, propagandist, rat*, reporter, sneak, source, stool pigeon*, tattletale, canary*, crier, deep throat, double-crosser, newscaster/newsperson, notifier, tattler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lurk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide; move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | creep, crouch, gumshoe, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, steal, wait, conceal oneself, go furtively, lie in wait, stay hidden |
| Antonyms: | come out |
| Main Entry: | miscreant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very bad, immoral |
| Synonyms: | black sheep*, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink*, heel*, hoodlum, loafer, louse*, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat*, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer, jailbird, lowlife |
| Antonyms: | goody-goody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk quietly; walk ploddingly |
| Synonyms: | creep, hike, march, patter*, plod, pussyfoot*, sneak, steal, traipse, tramp, trek, trudge, go barefoot, pitter-patter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preliminary showing |
| Synonyms: | examination, research, show, sneak, survey, preliminary study, sneak peek, viewing |
| Antonyms: | criticism |
| Main Entry: | prowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | cruise, hunt, lurk, patrol, range, roam, rove, skulk, slink, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, stroll, tramp, nose around, scavenge |
| Antonyms: | rush |
| Main Entry: | pussyfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cautious |
| Synonyms: | avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw*, lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt*, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel* |
| Antonyms: | plod |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep*, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing*, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk*, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, villain, wastrel, wretch, cardsharp, grafter, varmint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | betrayer, blabbermouth*, fink, informant, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stool pigeon*, tattletale, turncoat, backstabber, canary*, deep throat, double-crosser, stoolie, tattler, whistle-blower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | cheat, delinquent, fraud, hooligan*, liar, mischief-maker, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scoundrel, shyster, sneak, swindler, trickster, troublemaker, villain, cheater, prankster, scallywag, whippersnapper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shirk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, get out of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, quit, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal, get around, goldbrick, lie down on job, shuffle off, slough off |
| Antonyms: | do, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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