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skulk

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of skulk

1 to move about in a sly or secret manner

  • I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows
Synonyms of skulk

lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal
Words Related to skulk

crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm

ghost, pad, tiptoe

2 to remain out of sight

  • the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans
Synonyms of skulk

hide, hole up, lie, lurk, repose
Words Related to skulk

slink, sneak

avoid, elude, evade
Phrases Synonymous with skulk

lie low, sit tight
Near Antonyms of skulk

come out, materialize, show up, turn up
Antonyms of skulk

appear

Synonym Discussion of skulk

lurk, skulk, slink, sneak mean to behave so as to escape attention. lurk implies a lying in wait in a place of concealment and often suggests an evil intent.
    • suspicious men lurking in alleyways
skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister intent.
    • something skulking in the shadows
slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention.
    • slunk around the corner
sneak may add an implication of entering or leaving a place or evading a difficulty by furtive or underhanded methods.
    • sneaked out early

skulk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of skulk

someone who acts in a sly and secret manner

  • were surprised to discover the skulk stealing from the garden was a raccoon
Synonyms of skulk

lurker, skulker, slyboots, sneak, sneaker
Words Related to skulk

skunk, snake, weasel

sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), slicker, swindler

snoop, snooper, spy

stalker

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