thieving

1. 1.

   given to thievery

   Synonymsthievish

   Similardishonest

Other forms of thieving

plural

thievings·

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 thieving

What does thieving mean?

thieving 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 thieving?

thieving has 2 syllables: thie-ving. The stress falls on "thie". In IPA it is /ˈθivɪŋ/.

What is another word for thieving?

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

thieving is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.