ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsurreptitious
ISEE/SSAThard
surreptitious
Meaning: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
surreptitious in a sentence
How surreptitious is used in real sentences:
She took a surreptitious photo of the painting before the guard returned.
She took a surreptitious photo of the painting before the guard returned.
“The mobile setting added another complication, since a surreptitious glance at a phone beneath the blanket altered both light exposure and bedtime.”
— from the passage Signals After Midnight
Synonyms for surreptitious
Other words for surreptitious — clandestine, stealthy and covert — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of surreptitious
Words that mean the opposite of surreptitious:
- open
- overt
Where it comes from
From Latin surripere 'to take secretly'
Memory hook
SURREPTITIOUS — SURE-REPT-ile, sneaks in unseen.
Practice surreptitious in the app