| Main Entry: | furtive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secretive |
Synonyms: |
artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty, skulking, slinking, sly, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, tricky*, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, underhanded, wily |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | hush-hush |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, classified, closet, confidential, covert, dark, private, restricted, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under-the-table, undercover |
Antonyms: |
known, public, revealed, told |
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhand, clandestine |
Synonyms: |
backdoor, backstairs, camouflaged, classified, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, top secret, unacknowledged, under false pretense, under-the-table, underhanded |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, known, legal, legitimate, public |
| Main Entry: | stealthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet and secretive |
Synonyms: |
catlike, catty, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, skulking, slinking, sly, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, undercover, underhand, wily |
Antonyms: |
open, public |
| Main Entry: | surreptitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sneaky, secret |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, covert, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, on the QT, on the sly, private, skulking, slinking, sly, sneaking, stealthy, sub-rosa, unauthorized, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, veiled |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, authorized, honest, open |
| Main Entry: | undercover |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, spy |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, creep, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, incognito*, intelligence, on the QT, private, stealth, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, underground, underhand, underneath |
Antonyms: |
known, open, public |
| Main Entry: | underhand |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceitful |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, concealed, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devious, dirty-dealing, dishonest, dishonorable, double-crossing, duplicitous, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hush-hush, indirect, insidious, oblique, on the QT, on the quiet, secret, secretive, shady, shifty, slippery*, sly*, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, under wraps, undercover, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, wily |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, forthright, frank, honest |
| Main Entry: | surreptitiously |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | clandestinely |
Synonyms: |
covertly, privately, secretly, stealthily, sub-rosa |
| Main Entry: | lubricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhand |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, concealed, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devious, dirty-dealing, dishonest, dishonorable, disingenuous, double-crossing, duplicitous, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hush-hush, indirect, insidious, oblique, on the QT, on the quiet, secret, secretive, shady, shifty, slippery*, sly*, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, under wraps, undercover, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, wily |
| Main Entry: | sneaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stealthy |
Synonyms: |
catlike, catty, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, skulking, slinking, slinky, sly*, sneak, sneaky, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, undercover, underhand, wily |