sneakiness
Acting without detection
Sneakiness is the quality of being underhanded or secretive, typically to gain advantage or avoid detection.
It suggests craftiness and a willingness to operate through deception rather than directness: There was a sneakiness to how he always managed to leave before the check arrived.
The word carries mild disapproval—sneakiness in children might be mischievous, but in adults it suggests untrustworthiness.
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- slynessCunning in manner
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
- foxinessShrewd, cunning nature
shrewdness · cleverness · artifice · deviousness · scheming · conniving · manipulation · chicanery
Deliberate deception or fraud
Stealthy, slow movement
furtive · silent · shadow · ninja · camouflage · incognito · undetected · evasion
Covert information gatherer
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- moleSubterranean insectivore
surveillance · reconnaissance · wiretap · eavesdrop · cloak-and-dagger · informant · sleeper · counterintelligence
guile
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- slynessCunning in manner
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
foxiness · shrewdness · cleverness · artifice · deviousness · scheming · conniving · manipulation · chicanery · astuteness
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
scam · con · swindle · sham · bluff · ruse · ploy · cheat · fakery · dupery
creep
Stealthy, slow movement
skulk · furtive · silent · shadow · ninja · camouflage · incognito · undetected · evasion · cloak
spy
Covert information gatherer
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
mole · surveillance · reconnaissance · wiretap · eavesdrop · cloak-and-dagger · informant · sleeper · counterintelligence · dead-drop
sneakinesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
openness · candor · transparency · candidness · forthrightness
sneakinessdirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightforwardness · forthrightness · boldness · overtness · bluntness
sneakinesshonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
integrity · honorableness · uprightness · trustworthiness · sincerity
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