stealer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈstilɚ/ UK /ˈstiːlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who steals; a thief The market posted warnings against pickpockets and purse-stealers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who steals; a thief thiefrobberpilfererfilcherpurloinerburglar Word family Related forms stealstealthstolen Etymology AI details From the verb 'steal' (Old English 'stelan', to take wrongfully) plus the agentive suffix '-er'. stelan Old English *stelaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stealer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstilɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstiːlə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who steals; a thief ## Examples - The market posted warnings against pickpockets and purse-stealers. ## Synonyms - thief - robber - pilferer - filcher - purloiner - burglar ## Related Forms - steal - stealth - stolen ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stelan - Root: *stelaną ## Etymology From the verb 'steal' (Old English 'stelan', to take wrongfully) plus the agentive suffix '-er'. ## AI Etymology Stealer is from the verb 'steal' (Old English 'stelan', to take wrongfully) plus the agentive suffix '-er'. Important recorded forms include stelan (Old English) and *stelaną (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who steals; a thief. The wider family includes related words such as steal, stealth, and stolen. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown