ESPIONAGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ESPIONAGE?

Need another word that means the same as “espionage”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “espionage” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Espionage” are: spying, cloak-and-dagger activities, surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, infiltration, cyberespionage

Espionage as a Noun

Definitions of "Espionage" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “espionage” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets.
• The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.

Synonyms of "Espionage" as a noun (7 Words)

cloak-and-dagger activities	A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
cyberespionage	The use of computer networks to gain illicit access to confidential information, typically that held by a government or other organization. Improving cybersecurity across government agencies is crucial given the increase in cyberespionage.
infiltration	The action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage. The gradual infiltration of Boyce s music into the national consciousness.
intelligence	Information about recent and important events. Extraterrestrial intelligences.
reconnaissance	Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features. After a reconnaissance British forces took the island.
spying	A secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
surveillance	Close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal. He found himself put under surveillance by British military intelligence.

Usage Examples of "Espionage" as a noun

• The camouflage and secrecy of espionage.

Associations of "Espionage" (30 Words)

betray	Reveal unintentionally. A double agent who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans.
betrayer	One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
clandestine	Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. Clandestine intelligence operations.
concealment	The activity of keeping something secret. He darted forwards from the concealment of the bushes.
counterespionage	Spying on the spies.
covert	A thicket in which game can hide. Covert funding for the rebels.
defector	A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post. Staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West.
desertion	Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. I resented what I saw as my parents desertion.
disguised	Concealed or obscured; made unrecognizable. A disguised reporter.
furtive	Secret and sly or sordid. The look in his eyes became furtive.
hidden	Not accessible to view. Her hidden feelings.
infiltrate	(of a liquid) permeate (something) by filtration. Lignocaine was infiltrated into the wound.
infiltration	A process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection. Swelling of the lymph nodes due to infiltration of cancerous cells.
international	A player who has taken part in an international game or contest. International waters.
lair	A place where a wild animal, especially a fierce or dangerous one, lives. Their ashes now lie buried in a lair in the Glasgow necropolis.
operative	Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine. The operatives clean the machines at the end of every shift.
secret	Given in confidence or in secret. I m not trying to explain the secrets of the universe in this book.
secretive	(of a state or activity) characterized by the concealment of intentions and information. She was very secretive about her past.
sly	Marked by skill in deception. A sly sip of water.
spy	A person employed by a government or other organization to secretly obtain information on an enemy or competitor. Spy for the Russians.
stealth	(chiefly of aircraft) designed in accordance with technology which makes detection by radar or sonar difficult. The silence and stealth of a hungry cat.
stealthy	Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. Stealthy footsteps.
subterranean	Secret; concealed. The terrors and hazards of subterranean exploration.
surreptitious	Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen.
traitor	Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. He was a traitor to his own class.
turncoat	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. They denounced him as a turncoat.
ulterior	Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote- G.B.Shaw. Without any purpose immediate or ulterior.
undercover	Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. An undercover police operation.
underground	A member of an underground political group or movement. Underground caverns.