sneak in

1. 1.

   enter surreptitiously

   “He sneaked in under cover of darkness”

   “In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in”

   Synonymscreep in

   Broaderpenetrate
2. 2.

   insert casually

   “She slipped in a reference to her own work”

   Synonymsslip instick ininsert

   Broaderadd

   Narrowerspatchcock

Questions about sneak in

What does sneak in mean?

sneak in means "enter surreptitiously". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sneak in?

Close synonyms include creep in, slip in, stick in, insert. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sneak in a common word?

sneak in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.