Furtive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by stealth; surreptitious.
  • adj. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty. See Synonyms at secret.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. stealthy
  • adj. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Stolen; obtained by theft.
  • Stealthy; thief-like.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  • adj. secret and sly or sordid
  • Equivalent
    concealed    covert   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stolen    sly    secret    stealthy    thievish    sneaking    surreptitious    scheming    shifty    covert   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    assertive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stealthy    sly    wary    cautious    uneasy    wistful    sidelong    timid    surreptitious    apprehensive