spy
/spaɪ/noun, verb1 syllable
Spy means: catch sight of.
Synonyms for spy14
noun, as in (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
verb, as in catch sight of
verb, as in watch, observe, or inquire secretly
verb, as in catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
What does spy mean?6
verb
catch sight of
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes“he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge”
secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage“spy for the Russians”
noun
(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people“my spies tell me that you had a good time last night”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with spy?60
three syllables
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Spy in a sentence
- He works as a professor, but is actually a spy.mayabe
- He works as a teacher, but actually he is a spy.CK
- But what do you think, are there really many spies among us?dgibbons
- In this country, everyone spies on everyone else.AlanF_US
- White was denounced to the police as a spy.Catriona
- It occurred to me that he might be an industrial spy.CK
- She was arrested and accused of being a spy.Spamster
- He's a trained spy and he has nothing to fear from a lie detector.Amastan
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Forms of spy
as a noun
- plural
- spies
as a verb
- past tense
- spied
- present participle
- spying
- third-person singular
- spies