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Pronunciation:
[ fˈɜːtɪv], [ fˈɜːtɪv], [ f_ˈɜː_t_ɪ_v]
Furtive is an adjective that describes something that is done in a secretive, stealthy, or sneaky manner. Some common synonyms for furtive include sly, covert, clandestine, hidden, surreptitious, sneaky, undercover, and back-alley. These words all convey a sense of secrecy or a desire to remain unnoticed. For instance, sly is often used to describe someone who is clever or cunning in their actions. Covert and clandestine are often used in espionage or other secret operations. Hidden and surreptitious both describe actions or behaviors that are meant to be concealed. Meanwhile, sneaky and back-alley tend to be used more informally to describe actions that are done in secret or without others' knowledge.
Related words: stealthy movement, sneaky behavior, furtiveness, stealth mode, stealth scenario, stealthy mode, clandestine activity
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Synonyms for Furtive:
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adj.
• secret- arcane ,
- classified ,
- confidential ,
- hush-hush ,
- restricted ,
- unacknowledged ,
- under false pretense ,
- top secret .
- hush hush ,
- hushhush ,
- in holes and corners ,
- in holes corners ,
- more closet ,
- more under the counter ,
- more under-the-counter ,
- most closet ,
- most under the counter ,
- most under-the-counter ,
- on q t ,
- on qt ,
- on quiet ,
- on the q t ,
- under-ground .
- Incog ,
- dis guised ,
- dis-guised ,
- in cog ,
- in-cog ,
- more dissembled ,
- more incog ,
- more shrouded ,
- more under the table ,
- more under-the-table ,
- most dissembled ,
- most incog ,
- most shrouded ,
- most under the table ,
- most under-the-table ,
- un suspected ,
- un-suspected .
- de signing ,
- de-signing ,
- dis ingenuous ,
- dis-ingenuous ,
- double-dealing ,
- doubledealing ,
- hypo critical ,
- hypo-critical ,
- in direct ,
- in-direct ,
- mendacious ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more astucious ,
- more beguiling ,
- more deceiving ,
- more feline ,
- more impostrous ,
- more rascal ,
- most astucious ,
- most beguiling ,
- most deceiving ,
- most feline ,
- most illusory ,
- most impostrous ,
- most rascal ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un truthful ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- un-truthful ,
- untruthful .
- blackmarket ,
- contrary law ,
- in violation law ,
- more black market ,
- more black-market ,
- more blackmarket ,
- more racket ,
- more unlicensed ,
- most black market ,
- most black-market ,
- most blackmarket ,
- most racket ,
- most unlicensed ,
- out line ,
- un authorized ,
- un lawful ,
- un licensed ,
- un-authorized ,
- un-lawful ,
- un-licensed .
- in comprehensible ,
- in explicable ,
- in scrutable ,
- in soluble ,
- in-explicable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- in-soluble ,
- magical ,
- more alchemistic ,
- more astrological ,
- more necromantic ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more transcendental ,
- more unknowable ,
- most alchemistic ,
- most astrological ,
- most necromantic ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most unknowable ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un fathomable ,
- un knowable ,
- un known ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-knowable ,
- un-known ,
- un-natural .
- Unhonest ,
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- fly by night ,
- more conniving ,
- more contriving ,
- more dodging ,
- more equivocating ,
- more prevaricative ,
- more prevaricatory ,
- more shuffling ,
- more unhonest ,
- most conniving ,
- most contriving ,
- most dodging ,
- most equivocating ,
- most prevaricative ,
- most prevaricatory ,
- most shuffling ,
- most unhonest ,
- un honest ,
- un principled ,
- un-honest ,
- un-principled .
- dis honorable ,
- dis-honorable ,
- impish ,
- more bluffing ,
- more dissembling ,
- more plotting ,
- most bluffing ,
- most dissembling ,
- most plotting ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-scrupulous .
- light fingered ,
- lightfingered ,
- more kleptomaniacal ,
- more light fingered ,
- more light-fingered ,
- more lightfingered ,
- more pilfering ,
- more piratic ,
- more plunderous ,
- more spoliative ,
- more sticky fingered ,
- more sticky-fingered ,
- more stickyfingered ,
- most kleptomaniacal ,
- most light fingered ,
- most light-fingered ,
- most lightfingered ,
- most pilfering ,
- most piratic ,
- most plunderous ,
- most spoliative ,
- most sticky fingered ,
- most sticky-fingered ,
- most stickyfingered ,
- sticky fingered ,
- stickyfingered .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- in accurate ,
- in-constant ,
- mis taken ,
- pre-tended ,
- un convincing ,
- un dependable ,
- un faithful ,
- un reliable ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un sure ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-sure ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
Other synonyms:
- catlike ,
- unreliable .
- secretive .
Other relevant words:
- Adulterer ,
- Chiseling ,
- Covinous ,
- Double dealing ,
- Furacious ,
- Plotting ,
- Predal ,
- Prowling ,
- Slinking ,
- Stealthful ,
- Subreptitious ,
- Trickish ,
- abstruse ,
- artful ,
- artfully ,
- awry ,
- back door ,
- backdoor ,
- backstair ,
- backstairs ,
- bad ,
- baleful ,
- base ,
- behind ones back ,
- behind-the-scenes ,
- calculating ,
- calmly ,
- canny ,
- carefully ,
- catty ,
- cautious ,
- cautiously ,
- circuitous ,
- circumlocutionary ,
- circumspect ,
- clandestinely ,
- clever ,
- cloaked ,
- close ,
- closet ,
- collusive ,
- concealed ,
- concealment ,
- confidentiality ,
- conniving ,
- conspiratorial ,
- corrupt ,
- covertly ,
- craftily ,
- crafty ,
- creepy ,
- cryptic ,
- cunning ,
- cunningly ,
- dark ,
- darkly ,
- darkness ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- designing ,
- devious ,
- diabolic ,
- disguised ,
- dishonest ,
- disingenuous ,
- doggo ,
- enigmatically ,
- esoteric ,
- evasive ,
- evil ,
- false ,
- falsehearted ,
- finagling ,
- fornicator ,
- foxy ,
- fraudulent ,
- fraudulently ,
- furan ,
- furtively ,
- goat ,
- guardedly ,
- guileful ,
- hangdog ,
- harmful ,
- hole-and-corner ,
- hugger mugger ,
- huggermugger ,
- illegal ,
- illegally ,
- illegitimately ,
- illicit ,
- illicitly ,
- implied ,
- improper ,
- in ambush ,
- in hiding ,
- in secret ,
- in the wings ,
- incognito ,
- incomprehensible ,
- indirect ,
- inexplicable ,
- inscrutable ,
- insidious ,
- insidiously ,
- insincere ,
- larcenous ,
- latent ,
- lecher ,
- light-fingered ,
- lubricious ,
- lurking ,
- ma ,
- malevolent ,
- malign ,
- malignant ,
- masked ,
- misleading ,
- momma ,
- move ,
- mutely ,
- mysterious ,
- mysteriously ,
- mystery ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- nefarious ,
- oblique ,
- occult ,
- offhand ,
- on the sly ,
- paillard ,
- peacefully ,
- pernicious ,
- piratical ,
- predaceous ,
- predatory ,
- privacy ,
- private ,
- privately ,
- privy ,
- pussyfoot ,
- pussyfooted ,
- quiet ,
- quietly ,
- rapacious ,
- raptorial ,
- recondite ,
- reserved ,
- reticent ,
- reticently ,
- retirement ,
- roundabout ,
- satyr ,
- scheming ,
- seclusion ,
- secrecy ,
- secretively ,
- secretiveness ,
- secretly ,
- seducer ,
- shadowy ,
- shady ,
- sharp ,
- shrewd ,
- sidelong ,
- silence ,
- silent ,
- silently ,
- sinister ,
- skulking ,
- slick ,
- slippery ,
- slyly ,
- smooth ,
- smoothly ,
- sneak ,
- sneakily ,
- sneaky ,
- softly ,
- stealing ,
- stealth ,
- stealthily ,
- sub-rosa ,
- surreptitious ,
- surreptitiously ,
- taciturn ,
- tec ,
- thieving ,
- thievish ,
- treacherous ,
- tricky ,
- two-faced ,
- ulterior ,
- unclear ,
- uncommunicative ,
- under cover ,
- under wraps ,
- under-the-counter ,
- under-the-table ,
- undercover ,
- underground ,
- underhand ,
- underhanded ,
- underneath ,
- unfathomable ,
- unknown ,
- unlawfully ,
- unobtrusive ,
- unscrupulous ,
- untrustworthy ,
- veiled ,
- villainous ,
- vulpine ,
- whoremonger ,
- wicked ,
- wily ,
- wrong .
- Astucious ,
- Impostrous ,
- Piratic ,
- Shrouded ,
- Spoliative ,
- alchemistic ,
- astrological ,
- black-market ,
- clandestine ,
- cloak and dagger ,
- contrary to law ,
- covert ,
- enigmatical ,
- in violation of law ,
- kleptomaniacal ,
- necromantic ,
- on the quiet ,
- out of line ,
- plunderous ,
- prevaricative ,
- prevaricatory ,
- secret ,
- shorthanded ,
- sphinxlike ,
- stealthy ,
- sticky-fingered ,
- under ground ,
- unknowable ,
- unlicensed .
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How to use "Furtive" in context?
"furtive" is an adjective that refers to something that is sneaky, secretive, or insurgent. It is often used as a noun to describe an action or a person that is stealthy in their movements.
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