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Synonyms for skulk

11 synonyms
6 antonyms
2 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

slink steal sneak cower

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Slink — to move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection

slink, steal, sneak, cower

Other

lurk, hide, shirk, malinger

Noun

1. Skulker — one who avoids an obligation or responsibility

skulker, shirker

Other

Antonyms

emerge, appear, parade

All antonyms of skulk →

Definitions

v. 1
To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
n. 1
One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.

Related words

Word family: skulker
Other spellings: sculk

Forms

Plural: skulks → skulkers, shirkers, scunges…
Past participle: skulked
e.g. skulked → slinked, sneaked, cowered, lurked…

Example sentences

steal I didn't steal it. I just borrowed it permanently.
sneak We have to sneak in there and steal that computer.
cower The noise caused Lorenzo to cower in fear.
slink He was trying to slink into the house.
hide It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.
lurk In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
skulk		rising
steal		rising
sneak		rising
cower		rising
slink		rising
hide		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: hide¹, lurk¹
5 letters: steal¹, sneak¹, shirk¹, cower², slink
6 letters: scunge
7 letters: skulker, shirker
8 letters: malinger

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cower² = 2 syllables).