stealthy

1. 1.

   marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

   “a furtive manner”

   “a sneak attack”

   “stealthy footsteps”

   “a surreptitious glance at his watch”

   Synonymsfurtivesneaksneakysurreptitious

   Similarconcealed

Other forms of stealthy

comparative or superlative

stealthier

comparative or superlative

stealthiest

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 stealthy

What does stealthy mean?

stealthy means "marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed".

How many syllables are in stealthy?

stealthy has 2 syllables: steal-thy. The stress falls on "steal". In IPA it is /ˈstɛlθi/.

What is another word for stealthy?

Close synonyms include furtive, sneak, sneaky, surreptitious. 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 stealthy a common word?

stealthy 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.