stealing

Other forms of stealing

plural

stealings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stealing

What does stealing mean?

stealing means "the act of taking something from someone unlawfully". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stealing?

stealing has 2 syllables: stea-ling. The stress falls on "stea". In IPA it is /ˈstilɪŋ/.

What is another word for stealing?

Close synonyms include larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealth. 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 stealing a common word?

stealing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.