'Surreptitious' definitions:
Definition of 'surreptitious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]
adjective
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]
Definition of 'Surreptitious'
From: GCIDE
- Surreptitious \Sur`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See Sub-, and Ravish.] Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- {Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surreptitious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artful,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- calculating,
- chiseling,
- clandestine,
- collusive,
- concealed,
- covert,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- deceitful,
- doggo,
- false,
- falsehearted,
- feline,
- finagling,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- hidden,
- hidden out,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush-hush,
- in ambush,
- in hiding,
- in the wings,
- indirect,
- insidious,
- lurking,
- on the sly,
- on tiptoe,
- private,
- privy,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- quiet,
- scheming,
- secret,
- secretive,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- slippery,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- stealing,
- stealthy,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- under cover,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unobtrusive,
- veiled,
- waiting concealed,
- wily