Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for FURTIVE using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Furtive
6 Letter Words for Furtive
5 Letter Words for Furtive
4 Letter Words for Furtive
3 Letter Words for Furtive
Definitions for Furtive
[1] taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
[2] sly; shifty: a furtive manner.
[3] characterized by stealth; sly and secretive
Words related to Furtive
clandestine, covert, surreptitious, conspiratorial, artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, crafty, creepy, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked, scheming
Words nearby Furtive
further education, furtherance, furthermore, furthermost, furthest, furtive, furtwängler, furuncle, furunculoid, furunculosis, furunculus
Origin of Furtive
1480–90; < Latin furtīvus, equivalent to furt(um ) theft (compare fūr thief) + -īvus -ive
Other words from Furtive
fur·tive·ly , adverb
fur·tive·ness , noun
Word origin for Furtive
C15: from Latin furtīvus stolen, clandestine, from furtum a theft, from fūr a thief; related to Greek phōr thief
Synonyms for Furtive
clandestine, conspiratorial, covert, surreptitious, artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, cloaked, crafty, creepy, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty, skulking, slinking, sly, stealthy, sub-rosa, tricky, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhand, underhanded, wily