PEEPING Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in thin

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peeping

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verb

present participle of peep

as in chirping

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the baby peeps and burbles when her mother picks her up

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With the end of summer quickly approaching, leaf-peeping trips and fall activities will soon fill the calendar. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026 Scenic drives, hiking trails, and charming mountain towns make this vast region one of the country's premier leaf-peeping destinations. — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 In her solarium, a cardboard box trembled with teenage chicks, peeping under a heat lamp. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 Yeoh sported a shaggy platinum crop with dark roots peeping through, pairing her transformation with one of the brand’s signature skirt suits. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 July 2026 These leaf peeping cruises also afford the chance to visit smaller towns like Camden and Rockland, Maine or Halifax, Nova Scotia. — Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 However, there isn’t necessarily a consistent color for grass between stadiums and broadcasters, meaning pixel-peeping viewers might need to tweak their settings to their own liking for each match . — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026 An extremely nosy alligator was found sitting on the porch of a coastal North Carolina home, peeping through the glass storm door, photos show. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026 During fall leaf-peeping season, traffic on the pass has to be regulated. — Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeping

Adjective

Farinacci often spent days and even weeks scouting potential fire locations, monitoring weather and wildfire data, and planning to set multiple fires to stretch firefighting resources thin, according to detectives.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Those moments are sobering reminders of just how thin the margins are for the Phillies rotation, which has been excellent for the most part, though extremely top-heavy.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of thin

Verb

Field recordings—from the preparation of street food to birds chirping, taken mostly in public spaces around Doha—are a kind of sonic memory of a place that is rapidly changing.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
As totality nears, the light around you changes timbre, shadows sharpen, birds stop chirping and crickets start singing as if night is falling.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

Definition of chirping

Adjective

That trademark indecision of summer takes root in her words and spreads through the music until her vocals diverge in the chorus, peeling like a clementine’s skin as one shrill line scales upward and the other remains monotone.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of shrill

Adjective

One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.

— Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.

— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024

Definition of penetrating

Adjective

Without fail, the refreshing formula leaves my pores squeaky clean sans the need for a second cleanse.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?

— Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of squeaky

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