snakey
Like a serpent
Snakey is an informal variant spelling of snaky, meaning resembling or suggestive of a snake.
Something snakey may be long and winding like a snake's body: a snakey path through the woods.
It can also describe someone devious or treacherous—the kind of person who might stab you in the back: That was a snakey move, telling the boss about my mistake.
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- coiledArranged in spirals
undulating · slithering · curvy · serpentine · wavy · zigzag · spiral · looped
Glide smoothly, sinuously
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- coilWound circular arrangement
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- venomInjected animal poison
hiss · python · cobra · viper · rattlesnake · constrictor · reptile · cold-blooded
Stealthily deceptive
slither · furtive · covert · surreptitious · clandestine · evasive · camouflage · ambush
Sly, scheming cleverness
- slyCleverly deceptive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
duplicitous · underhanded · guileful · crafty · insidious · untrustworthy · wily · devious
winding
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
- twistingRotating with distortion
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
coiled · undulating · slithering · curvy · serpentine · wavy · zigzag · spiral · looped · tortuous
slither
Glide smoothly, sinuously
venom · hiss · python · cobra · viper · rattlesnake · constrictor · reptile · cold-blooded · shedding
sneaky
Stealthily deceptive
lurk · slither · furtive · covert · surreptitious · clandestine · evasive · camouflage · ambush · stalk
cunning
Sly, scheming cleverness
treacherous · duplicitous · underhanded · guileful · crafty · insidious · untrustworthy · wily · devious · two-faced
snakeystraight
Not curved or crooked
linear · direct · rectilinear · unwinding · rigid
snakeystraightforward
Clear and uncomplicated
trustworthy · honest · forthright · guileless · sincere
- snake pitsReptile-filled hollows or bedlam
- snake in the grassSecretly treacherous person
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
- snake eyesPair of ones rolled
- snake bitePuncture from legless reptile
- venomous snakeSerpent with toxic bite
snake, snakes, snaking, snaked, snakebite, snakelike, snakeskin