surreptitious

Meaning of surreptitious

adjective
  1. kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
    low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen

late Middle English (in the sense ‘obtained by suppression of the truth’): from Latin surreptitius (from the verb surripere, from sub- ‘secretly’ + rapere ‘seize’) + -ous.

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Hyphenation of surreptitious

sur-rep-ti-tious

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
  • surreptitious is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

surreptitious synonyms

Meaning furtive:

furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy

Meaning clandestine:

clandestine, secret, undercover, underground

Meaning (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information:

secretive

Meaning (of an action) surreptitious:

sly

Meaning kept secret; hidden:

concealed

Meaning kept out of sight; concealed:

hidden

Meaning not openly acknowledged or displayed:

covert

Meaning wearing or covered by a veil:

veiled

Meaning stairs at the back or side of a building:

backstair

Meaning not directly caused by or resulting from something:

indirect

Meaning of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white:

black

surreptitious antonyms

Meaning (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly:

blatant

Meaning allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked:

open

Meaning free of deceit; truthful and sincere:

honest

Translation of surreptitious

Words that rhyme with surreptitious

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