Synonyms of sneaked

sneaked

verb

variants or snuck

past tense of sneak

1

as in lurked

to move about in a sly or secret manner

the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurked
• slipped
• slid
• stole
• crawled
• slunk
• skulked
• tiptoed
• crept
• snaked
• shirked
• mooched
• moused
• edged
• pussyfooted
• inched
• padded
• wormed
• ghosted

2

as in infiltrated

to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way

sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infiltrated
• slipped
• inserted
• introduced
• wormed
• worked in
• wound
• wriggled
• crept
• wiggled
• insinuated
• edged
• interpolated
• interposed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sneaked

Abdeen sneaked a few berries into his mouth, with one eye on his sister Essie, who stood nearby. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Wilyer Abreu and Adley Rutschman answered with RBI hits before Gasper's first Red Sox homer sneaked around Pesky's Pole in the seventh and Abreu hit an RBI single. — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

In 1969, 22-year-old drama student Albert Goodman sneaked onto the stage at Woodstock in Bethel, New York, and captured Jimi Hendrix‘s legendary closing performance. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Hollywood’s top showrunners and creatives snuck out of their respective writers’ rooms for Variety’s annual Showrunner Breakfast on August 14. — Matt Minton, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

The snap was followed by another shot of the same sweet moment, but this time dad Patrick Mahomes had snuck in the selfie. — Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Take a look at the ideas that inspired the game and some of the inside jokes that were snuck in. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

Truelove allegedly sneaked into the building at 30 Rockefeller Center by following an employee who scanned into a restricted studio with an identification badge, per the complaint. — Paris Close, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Federal officials are investigating a security breach over the weekend at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a man snuck into a JetBlue aircraft during maintenance, according to the Broward County Aviation Department. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026