All furtive synonyms
fur·tive
F f adj furtive
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- conspiratorial — If someone does something such as speak or smile in a conspiratorial way, they do it in a way that suggests they are sharing a secret with someone.
- artful — If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- crafty — If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
- creepy — If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- cunning — Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- disguised — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- foxy — foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
- hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- hush-hush — highly secret or confidential: a hush-hush political investigation.
- insidious — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- masked — using or wearing a mask or masks: a masked burglar; masked actors.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- shifty — resourceful; fertile in expedients.
- sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- tricky — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- undercover — working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.
- underhand — not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police.
- underhanded — underhand.
- wily — full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
- guileful — insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily.
- skulking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- slinking — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- under-the-table — transacted in secret or in an underhanded manner.
adjective furtive
- secret — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- sneaky — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- secretive — secretory.
- cloaked — Wearing a cloak.
- elusive — Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.