'Stealth' definitions:
Definition of 'stealth'
From: WordNet
noun
Avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealth, stealing]
Definition of 'Stealth'
From: GCIDE
- Stealth \Stealth\ (st[e^]lth), n. [OE. stal[thorn]e. See Steal, v. t.]
- 1. The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.] "Sluttish dens . . . serving to cover stealths." --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense. [1913 Webster]
- Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades the brother's life by stealth. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I told him of your stealth unto this wood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stealth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuteness,
- art,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- astuteness,
- cageyness,
- callidity,
- canniness,
- clandestine behavior,
- clandestineness,
- clandestinity,
- cleverness,
- covertness,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- fine Italian hand,
- finesse,
- foxiness,
- furtiveness,
- gamesmanship,
- guile,
- ingeniousness,
- insidiousness,
- inventiveness,
- Italian hand,
- one-upmanship,
- prowl,
- prowling,
- readiness,
- resourcefulness,
- satanic cunning,
- secrecy,
- sharpness,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- slinkiness,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- sophistry,
- stalking,
- stealthiness,
- subtilty,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- suppleness,
- surreptitiousness,
- trickiness,
- underground activity,
- underhand dealing,
- underhandedness,
- wariness,
- wiles,
- wiliness,
- wit