stealth C2+ Topic:Verbs of Movement US /stɛlθ/ UK /stɛlθ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun cautious, secretive, or surreptitious action or movement The cat crept toward the bird with practiced stealth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · cautious, secretive, or... secrecyfurtivenessstealthinessslynesscovertnesssurreptitiousness ↔ Opposites opennesscandourtransparency Word family Derived forms stealthystealthily Related forms stealstealthy Etymology AI details From Middle English 'stelthe', the act of stealing, from the verb 'steal' (Old English 'stelan') with a suffix paralleling 'health' and 'wealth'. stelan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Verbs of Movement External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stealth **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /stɛlθ/ **IPA (UK):** /stɛlθ/ ## Meanings 1. cautious, secretive, or surreptitious action or movement ## Examples - The cat crept toward the bird with practiced stealth. ## Synonyms - secrecy - furtiveness - stealthiness - slyness - covertness - surreptitiousness ## Antonyms - openness - candour - transparency ## Derived Forms - stealthy - stealthily ## Related Forms - steal - stealthy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: stelan ## Etymology From Middle English 'stelthe', the act of stealing, from the verb 'steal' (Old English 'stelan') with a suffix paralleling 'health' and 'wealth'. ## AI Etymology Stealth is from Middle English 'stelthe', the act of stealing, from the verb 'steal' (Old English 'stelan') with a suffix paralleling 'health' and 'wealth'. Important recorded forms include stelan (Old English). Morphologically, the ending or combining element adapts the older base to the present English part of speech while keeping the historical sense visible. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers cautious, secretive, or surreptitious action or movement. The wider family includes derived forms such as stealthy and stealthily and related words such as steal and stealthy. ## Topics - Verbs of Movement markdown