What is another word for spy?
743 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ spˈa͡ɪ], [ spˈaɪ], [ s_p_ˈaɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for spy:- Benedict Arnold (noun)
- agent provocateur (noun)
- betrayer (noun)
- deputy (noun)
- descry (noun)
- detective (noun)
- double agent (noun)
- eavesdropper (noun)
- emissary (noun)
- enemy (noun)
- espy (noun)
- patrol (noun)
- person who secretly finds out about another's business (noun)
- questioner (noun)
- scout (noun)
- secret agent (noun)
- sleuth (noun)
- stool pigeon (noun)
- traitor (noun)
- watchkeeper (noun)
- watchman (noun)
- behold (verb)
- bug (verb)
- communication (verb)
- distinguish (verb)
- eavesdrop (verb)
- glimpse (verb)
- peek/peep (verb)
- peer (verb)
- perceive (verb)
- pry (verb)
- ransack (verb)
- regard (verb)
- rummage (verb)
- scout (verb)
- secretly follow, watch another's actions (verb)
- see (verb)
- snoop (verb)
- view (verb)
- watch (verb)
- witness (verb)
- other synonyms
- distinguish
- eavesdrop
- find
- see
- snoop
Definition for Spy:
Synonyms for Spy:
n.
•Benedict Arnold (noun)-
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- fall.
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- catch.
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- operative.
- intelligence agents,
- non cooperators,
- agent-provocateur,
- non-cooperator,
- non cooperator,
- rabblerouser,
- provokers,
- rabble rouser,
- noncooperators,
- provocative agents,
- non-cooperators.
- peepers,
- prosecutors,
- peeper,
- bird dog,
- Flatfeet,
- prosecutor,
- plainclothes officer,
- sleuth,
- shamus,
- private investigator,
- ropers,
- nark,
- flatfoots,
- tail,
- slewfoot,
- shoofly,
- dicks,
- sergeants,
- flatfoot,
- narks,
- bloodhound,
- bloodhounds,
- sergeant,
- roper,
- dick,
- FEDS.
- counter spies,
- counter-spies,
- counter spy,
- double-agent,
- undercover agents,
- espionage agents,
- counterspies.
- de-legate,
- go between,
- de legates,
- inter nuncio,
- de-legates,
- de legate,
- re presentative,
- re-presentative,
- inter-nuncio,
- inter-nuncios,
- inter nuncios.
- emulator,
- backbiter,
- disputant,
- Asperser,
- traducer,
- slanderer,
- defilers,
- saboteurs,
- slanderers,
- backbiters,
- defiler,
- Enemies,
- revolutionaries,
- emulators,
- defamers,
- traducers,
- arch-enemy,
- other side,
- defamer,
- saboteur,
- vilifier,
- seditionist,
- disputants,
- Calumniator,
- invaders,
- seditionists,
- bad person.
- espy.
- watcher,
- secret service,
- informer,
- Intelligencer,
- plant,
- mole,
- sleeper,
- foreign agent,
- secret agent,
- lookout,
- picket,
- inside agent.
- out rider,
- out riders,
- pre-cursor,
- out-riders,
- pre cursors,
- reconnoiterers,
- pre-cursors,
- out-rider,
- out-posts,
- out posts.
- agent provocateur,
- wiretapper,
- peeping tom,
- undercover man,
- secret-service agent,
- counterintelligence agent,
- Mata Hari.
- de-coys,
- de-coy,
- de coys,
- in-formants,
- whistle-blowers,
- doublecrosser,
- in-formant,
- police informers,
- rat finks,
- deep throats,
- whistle blowers,
- in formants,
- in formant,
- whistle blower,
- de coy,
- whistleblowers,
- double crosser.
v.
•behold (verb)- be-holds,
- dis-cern,
- be-hold,
- feast ones eyes,
- feasting one's eyes,
- feasts one eyes,
- feasting one eyes,
- be-held,
- feasting eyes,
- feast eyes,
- feasts eyes,
- be holding,
- feasted ones eyes,
- feasted eyes,
- feast one eyes,
- dis cern,
- feasts ones eyes,
- feasts one's eyes,
- feasted one's eyes,
- feasting ones eyes,
- be-holding,
- feasted one eyes,
- be holds.
- over hearing,
- over heard,
- listened in,
- over-hearing,
- over hear,
- over-heard,
- over-hears,
- over-hear,
- over hears.
- spy.
- dis-criminate,
- gets a load of,
- getting load of,
- re cognize,
- dis cover,
- re mark,
- dis covered,
- got load of,
- gotten load of,
- pick upon,
- dis covers,
- dis-covering,
- dis-criminates,
- re-marked,
- picking upon,
- dis criminates,
- gets load of,
- re-marks,
- get load of,
- getting an eyeful,
- gotten an eyeful,
- re marked,
- picked upon,
- re cognizing,
- gat a load of,
- gotten a load of,
- gat eyeful,
- picks up on,
- dis criminating,
- picks on,
- picks upon,
- getting a load of,
- dis-covered,
- re-cognized,
- gotten eyeful,
- get eyeful,
- dis-covers,
- got eyeful,
- gat load of,
- re marking,
- re cognized,
- dis criminate,
- picked up on,
- dis-cover,
- re-cognizing,
- dis-criminating,
- dis criminated,
- re cognizes,
- dis-criminated,
- re marks,
- re-marking,
- gets an eyeful,
- gat an eyeful,
- gets eyeful,
- dis covering,
- got a load of,
- getting eyeful.
- be ears,
- art all ears,
- are all ears,
- were ears,
- ears in to,
- bend ear,
- bends ear,
- were all ears,
- was ears,
- bending an ear,
- are ears,
- earsed into,
- earses in to,
- wast all ears,
- tuned in on,
- bent ear,
- wast ears,
- am ears,
- tune on,
- earsing into,
- tuning in on,
- is ears,
- bended an ear,
- tuning on,
- bends an ear,
- wert all ears,
- tunes on,
- earsing in to,
- am all ears,
- tunes in on,
- being ears,
- was all ears,
- is all ears,
- bended ear,
- being all ears,
- tuned on,
- earsed in to,
- bending ear,
- bent an ear,
- earses into,
- wert ears.
- take gander,
- took gander,
- catching sight of,
- takes a gander,
- took a gander,
- taking a gander,
- takes gander,
- taking gander.
- taking a look,
- had a gander,
- took a look,
- haddest a gander,
- take look,
- hast a gander,
- having a gander,
- hadst a gander,
- takes a look,
- hadst gander,
- hath a gander,
- hast gander,
- took look,
- hath gander,
- had gander,
- takes look,
- haddest gander,
- taking look,
- have gander,
- having gander,
- has a gander,
- has gander.
- being nosy,
- is nosy,
- are curious,
- am busybody,
- were a busybody,
- poked nose into,
- are busybody,
- is busybody,
- wast busybody,
- was nosy,
- wast curious,
- pokes nose into,
- is inquisitive,
- poked nose in to,
- being busybody,
- poking nose into,
- were curious,
- poking nose in to,
- poke nose in to,
- are a busybody,
- being inquisitive,
- wast inquisitive,
- art busybody,
- are inquisitive,
- being curious,
- wast nosy,
- be busybody,
- art nosy,
- wert curious,
- wert nosy,
- wert busybody,
- art inquisitive,
- being a busybody,
- was busybody,
- was a busybody,
- am nosy,
- were busybody,
- wert inquisitive,
- pokes nose in to,
- am curious,
- wast a busybody,
- were inquisitive,
- am a busybody,
- is a busybody,
- were nosy,
- was curious,
- wert a busybody,
- is curious,
- art curious,
- art a busybody.
- go over with finetooth comb,
- went over with a finetooth comb,
- going over with fine tooth comb,
- going over with finetooth comb,
- over hauls,
- looks high low,
- went over with fine tooth comb,
- de-spoiling,
- over-hauled,
- de-spoil,
- looked high low,
- going over with a fine-tooth comb,
- go over with a finetooth comb,
- over-hauls,
- de spoil,
- leaved no stone unturned,
- de spoiled,
- looked over for,
- shakes down,
- shook down,
- go over with fine tooth comb,
- de-spoiled,
- looking over for,
- left no stone unturned,
- looked high and low,
- made with,
- looks high and low,
- make with,
- goes over with fine tooth comb,
- looking high and low,
- makes off with,
- over haul,
- leaving no stone unturned,
- went over with a fine tooth comb,
- going over with a finetooth comb,
- going over with fine-tooth comb,
- went over with a fine-tooth comb,
- looking high low,
- takes away,
- shaking down,
- goes over with a fine-tooth comb,
- de-spoils,
- goes over with a finetooth comb,
- go over with a fine tooth comb,
- makes with,
- go over with fine-tooth comb,
- over hauled,
- goes over with finetooth comb,
- leaves no stone unturned,
- looks all over for,
- looked all over for,
- goes over with fine-tooth comb,
- made off with,
- de spoils,
- over hauling,
- over-haul,
- look high low,
- over-hauling,
- de spoiling,
- goes over with a fine tooth comb,
- looks over for,
- making with,
- look over for,
- went over with finetooth comb,
- looking all over for,
- going over with a fine tooth comb,
- went over with fine-tooth comb.
- takes into consideration,
- took into consideration,
- over looked,
- gives attention,
- re-gard,
- over-look,
- re-gards,
- re spect,
- re gard,
- over looks,
- takes in to consideration,
- over look,
- staring at,
- re spects,
- gave attention,
- re gards,
- taking in to consideration,
- took in to consideration,
- stares at,
- take in to consideration,
- looking on,
- re-spect,
- over-looks,
- over-looking,
- looks on,
- re-spects.
- dis ordered,
- dis-arranging,
- dis arrange,
- digged out,
- dis ordering,
- dis-organizes,
- dis-arraying,
- dis orders,
- dis organizing,
- dis organize,
- searches high heaven,
- searching high heaven,
- dis-order,
- dis arranges,
- dis-arrange,
- dis-arranges,
- digs out,
- dis-organizing,
- turns upside down,
- dis-arrays,
- dis-ordering,
- dis array,
- dis arraying,
- dis-arranged,
- dis arranging,
- dis-orders,
- dis organized,
- beat bushes,
- searched high heaven,
- dis arrayed,
- dis arranged,
- dis-ordered,
- dis-organized,
- dis order,
- dug out,
- dis-array,
- dis-organize,
- turns inside out,
- dis-arrayed,
- digging out,
- turning upside down,
- dis arrays,
- dis organizes.
- had a looksee,
- had a look-see,
- has a look see,
- hadst looksee,
- setting eyes on,
- haddest look-see,
- had looksee,
- hadst look see,
- has a looksee,
- having a look-see,
- having looksee,
- has a look-see,
- hast a look-see,
- ran reconnaissance,
- hath a look-see,
- has looksee,
- had a look see,
- had look-see,
- haddest a looksee,
- have looksee,
- hadst a looksee,
- runs reconnaissance,
- hath look-see,
- haddest look see,
- having look-see,
- hath a looksee,
- hast looksee,
- hadst look-see,
- hast a look see,
- hadst a look see,
- had look see,
- have a look see,
- have look see,
- hath look see,
- sets eyes on,
- has look see,
- have look-see,
- hast look see,
- having a looksee,
- having look see,
- hath a look see,
- has look-see,
- haddest a look-see,
- hath looksee,
- having a look see,
- hadst a look-see,
- hast a looksee,
- haddest a look see,
- haddest looksee,
- running reconnaissance,
- hast look-see.
- peep,
- search,
- take note,
- scrutinize,
- examine,
- notice,
- shadow,
- trail,
- meddle,
- keep under surveillance,
- take in,
- stag,
- watch,
- RECON,
- case,
- spot,
- reconnoiter,
- fish out.
- inter feres,
- poked nose in,
- inter-fere,
- poking nose in,
- inter fere,
- messed with,
- pokes nose in,
- snooking,
- busybodying,
- messing with,
- messes with,
- snooked,
- inter-feres.
- were present,
- wert on the scene,
- am on hand,
- am present,
- wert on hand,
- wast on hand,
- being on hand,
- is hand,
- wert witness,
- being a witness,
- wast the scene,
- were witness,
- being on scene,
- am scene,
- being witness,
- are on the scene,
- be scene,
- wert the scene,
- are hand,
- is on the scene,
- art a witness,
- am the scene,
- is the scene,
- were the scene,
- be hand,
- are on scene,
- was on the scene,
- was the scene,
- art present,
- be on scene,
- are on hand,
- are present,
- is present,
- flashes on,
- was a witness,
- art hand,
- are a witness,
- was hand,
- wast witness,
- wert scene,
- art witness,
- be the scene,
- wast hand,
- being scene,
- wast present,
- was present,
- were on hand,
- am a witness,
- were on scene,
- am hand,
- is on hand,
- are scene,
- is a witness,
- wert on scene,
- is witness,
- flashed on,
- were hand,
- were scene,
- am on the scene,
- being hand,
- were a witness,
- was witness,
- were on the scene,
- wert hand,
- wast on scene,
- wast on the scene,
- am witness,
- are the scene,
- being the scene,
- was scene,
- flashing on,
- is on scene,
- are witness,
- was on scene,
- am on scene,
- being present,
- being on the scene,
- was on hand,
- wert a witness,
- wast a witness,
- art scene,
- wert present,
- wast scene,
- art the scene,
- is scene.
Other synonyms:
•distinguish •eavesdrop •find •see •snoop
Paraphrases for Spy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
spying.
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Noun, singular or mass
spying.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
operative.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
espionage.
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Noun, singular or mass
Eavesdropping, espionage, reconnaissance, spook, reconnaisance, spyware, mole, hyena, informer.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Spy:
Spy Sentence Examples:
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Do you think I am a spy?
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If you understood the nature of my acquaintance with Maria Consuelo - with Madame d'Aranjuez, you would see that while not meaning to spy upon you in the least, I could not be ignorant of your movements.
Homophones for Spy:
- sea poppy, sea chub, sheaf, skibob, shf, spa, savoy, sspe, sop, sihasapa, sub, sweep off, scoop, soupy, shoo off, shoe-shop, soapy, sweep, scuff, sick of, sap, shabu, scuba, soup, sky wave, sebe, shake-up, sweep away, scoff, shibah, sofia, spue, seascape, segovia, save up, swbw, suv, squab, seep, skiff, SPF, sep, shape, sepia, ship, save, shiv, shivah, s-shape, skip, sahib, soup up, spiv, squib, show-off, swop, SBA, shock wave, shoe shop, shiva, shove off, sweep up, sif, subway, squeeze by, sop up, sbw, squabby, skivvy, shove, soak up, skep, succuba, skycap, sb, ski cap, swoop up, shipway, sex up, sappy, soppy, swab, scup, suva, sabah, scab, shabby, successive, spiffy, savvy, spiff, swob, sassaby, squash pie, scope, shave, Sep 11, shop, soave, shape up, squiffy, sofa, sea squab, shack up, scaup, sob, spoof, Soph, SEB, swoop, sheep, sup, spiff up, sack up, sea pea, size up, saba, sappho, she-bop, suck up, scabby, swipe, soap, sip, spay, show up, shakeup, Sufi, sickbay, scoop up, sieve, shaggy cap, shake off, spew, suave, shake up, sick pay, syph, swap, skew-whiff, sbe, scipio, shop boy, show off, skive, scape, squeak by, S.U.V., shish kebab, siva, shape-up, safe, sib.
Hypernym for Spy:
n.
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person
snoop, shadower, double agent, snooper, mole, foreign agent, sleeper, counterspy, shadow, espionage agent, infiltrator, tail.
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person
Hyponym for Spy:
n.
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person
looker, watcher, intelligence officer, witness, intelligence agent, spectator, viewer, secret agent, operative.
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person
v.
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communication
inquire, investigate, enquire.
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communication
