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| Main Entry: |
slink/slither
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | creep by |
| Synonyms: | coast, cower, glide, glissade, go stealthily, gumshoe, lurk, meander, pass quietly, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, sidle, skitter, skulk, slick, slide, slip, snake, sneak, steal, undulate |
| Main Entry: | conceal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, cover up, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, put in a hole, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stash, stay out of sight, stow, tuck away, veil, wrap |
| Antonyms: | disclose, divulge, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
| Synonyms: | approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
| Synonyms: | coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | lurk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide; move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | conceal oneself, creep, crouch, go furtively, gumshoe, lie in wait, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, stay hidden, steal, wait |
| Antonyms: | come out |
| Main Entry: | prowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
| Synonyms: | cruise, hunt, lurk, nose around, patrol, range, roam, rove, scavenge, skulk, slink, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, stroll, tramp |
| Antonyms: | rush |
| Main Entry: | pussyfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cautious |
| Synonyms: | avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw, lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel |
| Antonyms: | plod |
| Main Entry: | shirk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, get out of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick, lie down on job, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off, snake, sneak, steal |
| Antonyms: | do, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil, shy away |
| Synonyms: | blench, boggle, contract, cower, cringe, crouch, demur, draw back, flinch, hang back, huddle, quail, recede, refuse, retire, retreat, scruple, shudder, slink, wince, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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