stealth
Moving without detection
Stealth is the quality of moving or acting without being detected.
It suggests deliberate concealment—a cat stalking prey, a thief in the night, a military operation conducted in secret.
The fox approached the henhouse with stealth.
Stealth technology makes aircraft and ships harder to detect by radar.
As a modifier, stealth implies secrecy or surprise: a stealth candidate, a stealth tax increase.
Move with stealth
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- backstabBetray someone's trust
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
rogue · thief · shadow · invisibility · distraction · lockpick · infiltrate · non-lethal
Concealed from authorities
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- secretiveInclined to conceal
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
incognito · discreet · unobtrusive · inconspicuous · hidden · veiled · masked · shrouded
Act of hiding something
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
cover · veil · hide · ambush · chameleon · adaptation · invisible · forest
Covert information gatherer
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- agentOne who acts independently
- operativeCovert field agent
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
reconnaissance · surveillance · counterintelligence · tradecraft · dead-drop · handler · asset · mole
Lacking in sound
- noiselessProducing no sound
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- inaudibleCannot be heard
- muffledMade quieter, less distinct
hushed · soft · whisper · suppressed · padded · tiptoe · catlike · unheard
Cleverly deceptive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
underhanded · scheming · wily · conniving · deception · trickery · duplicitous · shifty
Avoiding direct response
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- shadowyObscured by darkness
- ghostlyResembling a specter
phantom · fugitive · slippery · vanishing · disappearing · mysterious · fleeting · will-o-wisp
sneak
Move with stealth
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- backstabBetray someone's trust
assassin · rogue · thief · shadow · invisibility · distraction · lockpick · infiltrate · non-lethal
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- secretiveInclined to conceal
undercover · incognito · discreet · unobtrusive · inconspicuous · hidden · veiled · masked · shrouded · cloaked
concealment
Act of hiding something
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- blendingCombining into uniformity
pattern · cover · veil · hide · ambush · chameleon · adaptation · invisible · forest · decoy
spy
Covert information gatherer
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- agentOne who acts independently
- operativeCovert field agent
infiltration · reconnaissance · surveillance · counterintelligence · tradecraft · dead-drop · handler · asset · mole · CIA
quiet
Lacking in sound
muffled · hushed · soft · whisper · suppressed · padded · tiptoe · catlike · unheard · creeping
sly
Cleverly deceptive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
craftiness · underhanded · scheming · wily · conniving · deception · trickery · duplicitous · shifty · slippery
evasive
Avoiding direct response
- untraceableImpossible to follow back
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- shadowyObscured by darkness
ghostly · phantom · fugitive · slippery · vanishing · disappearing · mysterious · fleeting · will-o-wisp
B-2
Stealth strategic bomber
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- military aircraftfighter jets, F-16, fighter, F-18, bomber
- movement qualitiesspeed, force, grace, clumsiness, precision
- Ninjaninja, shinobi, kunoichi, ninjutsu, shuriken
- predator traitssharp teeth, sharp claws, fangs, claws, talons
- spy gamesgadgets, secret agent, agents, covert ops, infiltration
stealthobviousness
State of being evident
conspicuousness · visibility · openness · overt · overtness
stealthopenness
Quality of being accessible
transparency · candor · frankness · honesty · forthrightness
stealthfanfare
Ceremonial brass announcement
spectacle · ostentation · showiness · flamboyance · display
- steal the showOutperform others completely
- steal someone's heartInspire deep romantic feelings
- steal awayDepart secretly, unobserved
- steal a kissTake lips by surprise
- steal a glanceLook briefly, secretly
- steal someone's thunderClaim credit for another's work
steal, stealthy, stealthed, stealthiest, stealthing, stealth bomber, stealth bombers