FURTIVE


Meaning of FURTIVE in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: secret 1, clandestine, covert, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, ||underneath, under-the-table

Related Word: artful, crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, insidious, scheming, shifty, sly, sneaky, tricky, wily; calculating, cautious, circumspect, wary; cloaked, disguised, masked

Contrasted words: brash, impudent, presumptuous

Antonyms: forthright; barefaced, brazen

2.

Synonyms: stealthy 2, catlike, catty, feline

Antonyms: open

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