Spy

Noun

 * 1) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage)

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a spy.
 * 2)  To spot at a distance.

Adjectives for Spy
true; prying; universal; omnipresent; unfortunate; jealous; traveling; clumsy; frail; involuntary.

Verbs for Spy
obviate—; arbitrate—; avert—; avoid—; check—; conclude—; curtail—; intervene in —; join in—; judge—; pacify—; precipitate—; preclude—; stage—; subdue—; terminate—; —breaches; —disconcerts; —em¬broils; —estranges; —expires; —fractures; —ill-becomes; —mars; —rages; —ruptures; —threatens; —vexes.

Thesaurus
agent, be vigilant, be watchful, beagle, behold, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, bug, case, catch sight of, clap eyes on, cloak-and-dagger operative, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, delator, descry, detect, detective, dig out, discern, discover, distinguish, double agent, espionage agent, espy, eye, eyeball, ferret out, fink, fish out, follow, gaze at, glimpse, grub up, have a looksee, have in sight, hold in view, hunt out, identify, informer, inside man, intelligence agent, investigator, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, ken, lay eyes on, look after, look at, look on, look upon, make a reconnaissance, make out, meddle, military-intelligence man, narc, naval-intelligence man, nose, notice, observe, operative, peacher, peek, peep, perceive, pick out, pick up, play the spy, pry, pry out, put under surveillance, recognize, reconnoiter, reconnoiterer, regard, root out, scout, scout out, search out, secret agent, see, sense, sight, sleuth, snitch, snitcher, snoop, spook, spot, spotter, spy out, spy upon, spy-catcher, squealer, stag, stake out, stool pigeon, stoolie, take in, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, twig, undercover man, view, watch, whistle-blower, witness

Etymology
spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien "to espy", from espier "to spy" (espie "a spy"), of  origin, from  *undefined: from  from. Akin to spehōn, spehhōn "to scout, look out for, spy" ( spähen "to spy"),  spien "to spy"

Derived terms

 * spy on
 * spy ring

Related terms

 * spyglass
 * spyware

Noun

 * Afrikaans: spioen
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: шпионин
 * Catalan: espia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: spion, spionne
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: spioon
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מרגל (meragel), מרגלת (meragelet)
 * Hindi: जासूस
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: mata-mata
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, スパイ
 * Korean: 간첩 ,
 * Kurdish:, , , , ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: szpieg
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Sotho: tlhwela
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: majasusi
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వేగు (vEgu), గూఢచారి (gooDachaari)
 * Thai: สายลับ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: шпигун
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: gián điệp
 * Volapük: spionan,  hispionan,  jispionan

Verb

 * Afrikaans: spioeneer
 * Catalan: espiar
 * Chinese: 暗中偵察, 暗中侦察 (ànzhōng zhānchá)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Dutch:, bespieden
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κατασκοπεύσει (kataskopévsi)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: шпионира
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: шпионить, следить
 * Serbian:
 * Sotho: hlwela
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: majasusi
 * Swedish: spionera
 * Turkish: casusluk yapmak, ajanlık yapmak
 * Volapük: spionön


 * Icelandic: koma auga á
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian: få øye på
 * Swahili: majasusi

Anagrams

 * SYP

Noun

 * 1)  barf, vomit

Verb

 * 1)  barf, throw up, vomit

Verb

 * 1) to throw up, to vomit

Etymology
From spýja:, from.

Synonyms

 * kräkas

Related terms

 * spya
 * spyboll