| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | running shoe |
| Synonyms: | basketball shoe, cleat, footgear, footwear, gym shoe, hightop, rubber-soled shoe, shoe, sneak, tennis shoe |
| Main Entry: | athletic shoe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gym shoe |
| Synonyms: | aerobic shoe, basketball shoe, cross-trainer, high-topped sneaker, running shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe |
| Main Entry: | gumshoe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detective |
| Synonyms: | cop, dick, flatfoot, investigator, sleuth, sneaker, tec |
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhand, clandestine |
| Synonyms: | backdoor, backstairs, camouflaged, classified, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, top secret, unacknowledged, under false pretense, under-the-table, underhanded |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, known, legal, legitimate, public |
| Main Entry: | stealthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet and secretive |
| Synonyms: | catlike, catty, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, skulking, slinking, sly, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, undercover, underhand, wily |
| Antonyms: | open, public |
| Main Entry: | huggermugger |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | backdoor, backstairs, camouflaged, clandestine, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, disguised, dissembled, dissimulated, furtive, hush-hush, in ambush, incognito, inside, restricted, secretive, sly, sneak, sneaky |
| Main Entry: | sneaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stealthy |
| Synonyms: | catlike, catty, clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hush-hush, noiseless, private, secret, shifty, silent, skulking, slinking, slinky, sly*, sneak, sneaky, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under wraps, undercover, underhand, wily |
| Concept: | Secret. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum, mystery; latency; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes., enigma, riddle, puzzle, nut to crack, conundrum, charade, rebus, logogriph; monogram, anagram; Sphinx; crux criticorum., maze, labyrinth, Hyrcynian wood; intricacy, meander., problem (question); paradox (difficulty); unintelligibilty; terra incognita (ignorance).
-adjectives
secret (concealed); involved, [more]; labryrinthian, mazy.
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| Antonyms: | publication |
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