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sneaky

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Synonyms and Antonyms of sneaky

1 given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions

  • his opponent's sneaky campaign manager was clearly up to something
Synonyms of sneaky

furtive, shady, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, stealthy
Words Related to sneaky

artful, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, slick, wily

close, closemouthed, reticent, secretive

clandestine, covert, dark

deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, devious, duplicitous, trickish, tricky, underhand, underhanded

cheating, crooked, defrauding, dishonest, dissembling, double-dealing, knavish, two-faced

lying, mendacious, untrustworthy, untruthful

insidious, perfidious, serpentine, treacherous
Near Antonyms of sneaky

aboveboard, forthright, plainspoken, straightforward

candid, direct, foursquare, frank, open, plain

honest, trustworthy, truthful

2 undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others

  • a sneaky plan to replace the priceless painting with a copy
Synonyms of sneaky

backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, secret, sneak, sneaking, stealth, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded
Words Related to sneaky

back-channel, closed-door, off-the-books, off-the-record

classified, confidential, restricted, top secret, undisclosed

concealed, hidden, secreted, subterranean, unadvertised, unexposed
Near Antonyms of sneaky

acknowledged, avowed

aboveboard, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised

unclassified, unrestricted

clear, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain
Antonyms of sneaky

open, overt, public

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