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stealing
Overview of noun stealing
The noun stealing has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing -- (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International")
2. stealth, stealing -- (avoiding detection by moving carefully)
Overview of verb steal
The verb steal has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (23) steal -- (take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation")
2. (4) steal, slip -- (move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness")
3. (3) steal -- (steal a base)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stealing
2 senses of stealing
Sense 1
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> felony
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
stealth, stealing
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun stealing
1 of 2 senses of stealing
Sense 1
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> breach of trust with fraudulent intent
=> embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
=> pilferage
=> shoplifting, shrinkage
=> robbery
=> biopiracy
=> grand larceny, grand theft
=> petit larceny, petty larceny, petty
=> skimming
=> rustling
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stealing
2 senses of stealing
Sense 1
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> felony
Sense 2
stealth, stealing
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
Antonyms of noun stealing
Member Holonyms of noun stealing
Substance Holonyms of noun stealing
Part Holonyms of noun stealing
Member Meronyms of noun stealing
Substance Meronyms of noun stealing
Part Meronyms of noun stealing
Meronyms of noun stealing
Holonyms of noun stealing
Attributes of noun stealing
Derived Forms of noun stealing
2 senses of stealing
Sense 1
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
RELATED TO>(verb) steal#1
=> steal
Sense 2
stealth, stealing
RELATED TO>(verb) steal#2
=> steal, slip
Domain of noun stealing
Domain Terms of noun stealing
Familiarity of noun stealing
stealing used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun stealing
2 senses of stealing
Sense 1
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
> felony
=> capture, seizure
=> racketeering
=> bribery, graft
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
=> extortion
=> burglary
Sense 2
stealth, stealing
> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> disguise, camouflage
=> mask
=> cover, covering, screening, masking
=> cover
=> cover-up
=> burying, burial
=> smoke screen, smokescreen
=> stealth, stealing
=> money laundering
Meronyms of noun stealing
2 senses of stealing
Holonyms of noun stealing
Grep of noun stealing
stealing
Antonyms of verb steal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb steal
3 senses of steal
Sense 1
steal
=> take
Sense 2
steal, slip
=> move
Also See> steal away#1
Sense 3
steal
=> gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb steal
1 of 3 senses of steal
Sense 1
steal
=> pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> rustle, lift
=> shoplift
=> pirate
=> plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> pocket, bag
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> rob
=> hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
=> walk off
=> hustle, pluck, roll
=> loot, plunder
=> burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb steal
3 senses of steal
Sense 1
steal
=> take
Sense 2
steal, slip
=> move
Also See> steal away#1
Sense 3
steal
=> gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
'Cause To' of verb steal
Derived Forms of verb steal
3 senses of steal
Sense 1
steal
RELATED TO>(noun) stealer#1
=> thief, stealer
RELATED TO>(noun) stealing#1
=> larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
Sense 2
steal, slip
RELATED TO>(noun) stealing#2
=> stealth, stealing
Sense 3
steal
RELATED TO>(noun) steal#2
=> steal
Domain of verb steal
1 of 3 senses of steal
Sense 3
steal
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of verb steal
Familiarity of verb steal
steal used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb steal
3 senses of steal
Sense 1
steal
EX: They steal the money
Sense 2
steal, slip
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
steal
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb steal
3 senses of steal
Sense 1
steal
> take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> extort
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
Sense 2
steal, slip
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 3
steal
> gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
=> steal
=> score, hit, tally, rack up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb steal
Sense 1
steal
=> take
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Sense 2
steal, slip
=> move
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Sense 3
steal
=> gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
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Grep of verb steal
steal
steal away
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