Definition for Lurk:

• To lie in wait, as for attack; hide.

Synonyms for Lurk:

• n.

  •
  • procrastinate,
  • wait around,
  • temporize,
  • hold off,
  • put off,
  • play for time,
  • conceal oneself,
  • sit on,
  • hesitate,
  • delay.
  •
  • move,
  • glide,
  • be heading/headed for something,
  • lie ahead/before/in store,
  • mouse,
  • waiting to happen.

• v.

  •ambush (verb)
  • sur rounding,
  • de-coyed,
  • sur-prise,
  • de coy,
  • sur-prises,
  • boxed in,
  • sur prise,
  • de coyed,
  • sur-prised,
  • japping,
  • laid for,
  • de-coy,
  • lays for,
  • de coys,
  • sur rounded,
  • sur-prising,
  • sur prising,
  • sur prises,
  • setting trap,
  • laying for,
  • de coying,
  • sets trap,
  • sur-rounded,
  • boxing in,
  • de-coying,
  • sur-rounding,
  • de-coys,
  • japped.
  •conceal (verb)
  • puts in hole,
  • tucking away,
  • tucks away,
  • stayed out sight,
  • lied low,
  • staying out sight,
  • put in hole,
  • keeping dark,
  • staid out sight,
  • putting in hole,
  • staying out of sight,
  • putting a hole,
  • put a hole,
  • staid out of sight,
  • stays out sight,
  • keeping secret,
  • stayed out of sight,
  • putting in a hole,
  • puts in a hole,
  • lies low,
  • putting hole,
  • keeps secret,
  • stay out sight,
  • keeps dark,
  • kept dark,
  • puts hole,
  • puts a hole,
  • put hole,
  • stays out of sight.
  •creep (verb)
  • approaches unnoticed,
  • crawls on fours,
  • in sinuates,
  • crawl all fours,
  • crawling fours,
  • gumshoed,
  • crawling all fours,
  • in-sinuated,
  • in-sinuating,
  • crawled all fours,
  • crawls all fours,
  • crawl on fours,
  • crawling on all fours,
  • in sinuate,
  • approached unnoticed,
  • approaching unnoticed,
  • in-sinuate,
  • crawled fours,
  • crawled on fours,
  • in-sinuates,
  • crawls fours,
  • in sinuated,
  • crawl fours,
  • in sinuating,
  • crawls on all fours,
  • crawled on all fours,
  • crawling on fours.
  •hide; move stealthily (verb)
  • go furtively,
  • snoop,
  • stay hidden,
  • crouch.
  •prowl (verb)
  • nosed around,
  • nosing around,
  • noses around.
  •pussyfoot (verb)
  • playing close vest,
  • played close vest,
  • sitting on fence,
  • watch one step,
  • sate fence,
  • play it close vest,
  • ducked issues,
  • play close to vest,
  • hem haw,
  • play close the vest,
  • ducks the issues,
  • beats around bush,
  • ducks issues,
  • playing close to vest,
  • sitting on the fence,
  • played it close vest,
  • sat on fence,
  • watches one step,
  • duck issues,
  • plays close to vest,
  • plays it close the vest,
  • sit fence,
  • played it close to the vest,
  • playing it close to the vest,
  • was noncommittal,
  • watched one's step,
  • wert noncommittal,
  • played close the vest,
  • sitting the fence,
  • playing close the vest,
  • watched step,
  • beats around the bush,
  • sate on the fence,
  • watches step,
  • watching step,
  • plays close to the vest,
  • wast noncommittal,
  • am noncommittal,
  • played it close the vest,
  • played close to the vest,
  • being noncommittal,
  • watches one's step,
  • treading warily,
  • sat the fence,
  • sitting fence,
  • sit the fence,
  • watch step,
  • plays close the vest,
  • is noncommittal,
  • play close to the vest,
  • playing it close vest,
  • plays it close to vest,
  • treads warily,
  • played close to vest,
  • were noncommittal,
  • sits the fence,
  • sate the fence,
  • ducked the issues,
  • plays close vest,
  • tergiversing,
  • plays it close vest,
  • ducking the issues,
  • plays it close to the vest,
  • trod warily,
  • playing it close to vest,
  • playing it close the vest,
  • watched ones step,
  • sat on the fence,
  • watching one step,
  • watching ones step,
  • sits on the fence,
  • play close vest,
  • play it close the vest,
  • watches ones step,
  • ducking issues,
  • art noncommittal,
  • tergiversed,
  • sits on fence,
  • sits fence,
  • beating around bush,
  • sate on fence,
  • watched one step,
  • tergiverses,
  • played it close to vest,
  • playing close to the vest,
  • watch ones step,
  • play it close to vest,
  • sat fence.
  •shirk (verb)
  • lay down on job,
  • lying down on job,
  • by pass,
  • lied down job,
  • lie down job,
  • lies down job,
  • by passed,
  • lied down on job,
  • gets around,
  • by passes,
  • gat around,
  • sloughing off,
  • lies down on job,
  • lying down job,
  • gotten around,
  • sloughed off,
  • lay down job,
  • by passing,
  • shuffling off,
  • shuffled off,
  • shuffles off.
  •slink/slither (verb)
  • passed quietly,
  • goes stealthily,
  • passes quietly,
  • passing quietly,
  • going stealthily,
  • went stealthily.
  •sneak (verb)
  • snooked,
  • de-lude,
  • de lude,
  • moved secretly,
  • snooking,
  • moving secretly,
  • de ludes,
  • de-ludes,
  • moves secretly.
  •stative (verb)
  • lurk.
  •waylay (verb)
  • pounced on,
  • set up on,
  • lies wait,
  • lie wait,
  • setting up on,
  • swoops down on,
  • swooped down on,
  • lies in wait,
  • lied in wait,
  • sets up on,
  • lying wait,
  • pounces on,
  • pouncing on,
  • lied wait,
  • swooping down on,
  • setting upon.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lie ahead,
  • threaten.
  •
  • await,
  • loom,
  • call for.
  •ambush
  • JAPS,
  • boxes in,
  • ensnared,
  • Entrapped,
  • lay for,
  • set trap,
  • dry gulch,
  • jap,
  • hem in,
  • box in.
  •conceal
  • tuck away,
  • hole up,
  • enshrouded,
  • covered up,
  • tucked away,
  • stay out of sight,
  • kept secret,
  • cover up,
  • lying low,
  • covering up,
  • ensconce,
  • keep secret,
  • masquerade,
  • Secreted,
  • keep dark,
  • covers up,
  • lay low,
  • put in a hole.
  •prowl
  • Strolled,
  • scavenge,
  • scavenged,
  • scavenges,
  • scavenging,
  • nose around.
  •pussyfoot
  • tergiverse,
  • beat around bush,
  • sit on the fence,
  • watch one's step,
  • beating around the bush,
  • watching one's step,
  • tread warily,
  • play it close to the vest,
  • beat around the bush,
  • duck the issues,
  • be noncommittal,
  • sit on fence.
  •waylay
  • lay in wait,
  • lying in wait,
  • pounce on,
  • sets upon,
  • set upon,
  • swoop down on.

Antonyms for Lurk:

• v.

  • hide; move stealthily
    come out.
  • Other antonyms:
    show up, materialize, turn up, appear.

Lurk Sentence Examples:

• Where the ground was open I hoped that I might be able to discover them, should they approach; but in some places it was rocky, scattered over with thick bushes, within which beasts of prey might lurk.

• Untold possibilities of destruction might lurk in its tides and billows.

Homophones for Lurk:

• larus, lurch, layer cake, Lerch, laurus, laurasia, lorica, lowercase, low-rise, larousse, lorca, lyrurus, largesse, lower jaw, leresis, large, larix, largess, lauraceae, lark, largo, lyric, larch, largish.

Hyponym for Lurk:

• v.

  • stative
    hide, conceal.