STEALS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of steal

as in swipes

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep the guy who tried to steal my car was sentenced to a year in jail

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as in sneaks

to move about in a sly or secret manner the teenagers were able to steal past a security guard and enter the fairgrounds without paying admission

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steals

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noun

plural of steal

as in bargains

something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price at 50% off, that shirt is a real steal

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Recent Examples of steals

Verb

Each impact steals a tiny bit of the spacecraft’s speed, pushing it a smidgen closer to Earth. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026 Outstanding UConn defender Dom Perno steals the ball from Bradley as the clock runs out to preserve a UConn victory, sending UConn to the Elite 8, where they eventually were beaten by Duke, 101-54. —

Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026 Outside the core quartet, Emma Chamberlain steals a handful of scenes as a character named, wait for it, Pickle. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026 The sixth-year guard also ranked inside the top five in the conference in points, assists and steals per game in games played from March 16 to March 22. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026 By this token, the politician who steals scraps of another’s rhetoric (even if the actual stealing is performed by speechwriters) is derided as if he had been found watching pornography. —

Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026 Tramon Mark steals the ball and lays in a transition bucket to give Texas the lead back after NC State took a one-point edge. —

Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026 Even worse, the fake Claude Code steals sensitive data like passwords, session cookies, and more, and is very difficult to delete. —

Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026 Drafted by Miami with the fifth overall pick in 2003, Wade is the Heat’s all-time leader in categories like points, games played, minutes played, assists and steals and is considered one of the top shooting guards in NBA history. —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026

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The highlight came March 22 at Sacramento, when Smith posted a career-high 18 points, added two rebounds and four assists, and set a career high with three steals in 29 minutes. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026 Strong has 117 steals on the season, which ranks second in program history in a single season. —

Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026 Wiggins contributed nine points, three rebounds, one assist, two steals and one block in 20 minutes. —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026 In 23 minutes, the 2024-25 NBA Rookie of the Year had 19 points, seven rebounds (three offensive), six assists and two steals to help the Spurs win their sixth in a row and sweep the two-game season series with the Heat. —

Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2026 Deni Avdija scored 18 points and Scoot Henderson had 13 points, five assists and four steals for the Trail Blazers. —

CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 Freshman Agot Makeeer, among six South Carolina players in double figures, had 15 points and four of her team's 17 steals. —

ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026 Through nearly 24 minutes, Sidberry tallied 11 points, six rebounds, a season-high three assists, two steals and shot 100% from 3-point range and 5 of 6 from the field en route to Texas’ 100-58 win at Moody Center. —

Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026 Stanford’s Chloe Clardy also had 18 and a game-high four steals. —

Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for steals

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Sure, the sequence largely swipes away hints given prior that Bowser was an absent father, but in a film where most of the characters veer toward the blandly nice, watching a dad and his son bond over their same sociopathic tendencies was the only moment that tugged at the heartstrings.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
Proponents said the change will help businesses better absorb the transaction fees that credit card companies are allowed to charge each time someone swipes their credit card.

— Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoman, 19 Feb. 2026