adjective
1.
Synonyms: secret 1, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, sub-rosa, surreptitious, undercover
Related Word: crafty, cunning, sly, wily; skulking, slinking, sneaking; catlike
Contrasted words: direct, straight, straightforward
Antonyms: open
2.
being so quiet, slow, and deliberate in movement as to escape observation
the stealthy movements of the cat burglar
Synonyms: catlike, catty, feline, furtive; compare secret 1
Related Word: noiseless, pantherine, pantherish, quiet, silent; shifty, skulking, sly, sneak, sneaking, sneaky