Standard Lemma guide

sneaker

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈsnikɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːkə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S N IY1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who sneaks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Atlantic-Canada, Australia, Florida, New-Zealand, Northeastern, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A vessel of drink.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal

Examples

  • Spectator I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sneaker male.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gym shoe, tennis shoe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shoe

Narrower terms: plimsoll

7

noun

Meaning 7

someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, canary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber

History

Etymology

From sneak + -er. The shoes sense is a reference to the quietness of the shoes.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sluiper — one who sneaks
  • Arabic: مُتَسَلِّل (mutasallil) — one who sneaks
  • Finnish: hiiviskelijä — one who sneaks
  • Finnish: hiipijä — one who sneaks
  • German: Schleicher — one who sneaks
  • German: Schleicherin — one who sneaks
  • Indonesian: penyelinap — one who sneaks
  • Spanish: pillo — one who sneaks
  • Albanian: atlete — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Arabic: حِذَاء رِيَاضِيّ (ḥiḏāʔ riyāḍiyy) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Arabic: جزمة رياضية (gázma reyaḍéyya) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Arabic: كوتشى (kótši) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Arabic: سپدرين (spadrīn) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Belarusian: красо́ўка (krasówka) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Bulgarian: гу́менка (gúmenka) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Bulgarian: марато́нка (maratónka) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Catalan: vamba — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Catalan: ked (Lleida) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Catalan: sabatilla — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Chinese Cantonese: 波鞋 (bo1 haai4) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 球鞋 (qiúxié) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運動鞋 /运动鞋 (yùndòngxié) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Czech: tenisky — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Czech: kecky — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Dutch: sportschoenen — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Dutch: sneaker — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Estonian: tennised — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Estonian: tennisking — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Finnish: lenkkarit — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Finnish: lenkkitossut — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Finnish: tossut — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • French: baskets — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • French: tennis — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • French: espadrille — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Galician: tenis — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Galician: zapatilla — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Georgian: სპორტული ფეხსაცმელი (sṗorṭuli pexsacmeli) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Georgian: ბოტასი (boṭasi) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Georgian: კედი (ḳedi) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • German: Turnschuhe — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • German: Leinenschuhe — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • German: Schnürschuhe — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • German: Sneakers — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • German: Sportschuhe — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • German: Tennisschuhe — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Greek: αθλητικά παπούτσια (athlitiká papoútsia) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Hungarian: tornacipő — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Hungarian: edzőcipő — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Icelandic: strigaskór — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Indonesian: sepatu kets — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Indonesian: sepatu olahraga — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Italian: scarpe da ginnastica — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Italian: scarpe da tennis — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Japanese: スニーカー (sunīkā) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Japanese: 運動靴 (undōgutsu) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Korean: 스니커즈 (seunikeojeu) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Korean: 운동화 (undonghwa) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Latvian: teniskurpe — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Lithuanian: sportbačiai — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Lithuanian: sportiniai batai — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Macedonian: па́тика (pátika) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Malay: kasut sukan — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Norman: traîneurs — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: joggesko — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Iranian Persian: کَفْشِ وَرْزِشی (kafš-e varzeši) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْنیکِرْز (esnikerz) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Polish: adidas — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Polish: trampek — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Polish: tenisówka — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Portuguese: tênis — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Portuguese: ténis — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Romanian: baschet — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Russian: кроссо́вки (krossóvki) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Russian: сни́керы (sníkery) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Russian: ке́ды (kédy) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Scottish Gaelic: brògan-cleasachd — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̀тика — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Serbo-Croatian: pàtika — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Slovak: teniska — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Slovene: superga — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: tenis — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: bamba — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: botín — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: champión — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: deportivas — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: espores — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: espais — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: gomas — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: guachicón — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: kets — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: kids — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: maripís — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: playera — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: popi — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: zapatilla deportiva — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: zapato de goma — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Spanish: zapatilla — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Swedish: gymnastikskor — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Swedish: gympadojor — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Swedish: gympaskor — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Thai: รองเท้าผ้าใบ — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Turkish: jimnastik ayakkabısı — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Turkish: lastik ayakkabı — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Turkish: lastik pabuç — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Turkish: sessiz ayakkabı — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Turkish: spor ayakkabı — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Turkish: spor ayakkabısı — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Ukrainian: кросі́вка (krosívka) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Ukrainian: сні́кер (sníker) — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Uzbek: krossovka — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Vietnamese: giày điền kinh — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers
  • Vietnamese: giày ten-nít — leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers