hideout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of HIDEOUT

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others <police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods>

Synonyms concealment, covert, den, hermitage, hideaway, hidey-hole (or hidy-hole), lair, nest

Related Words blind, cover, nook, recess; hangout, harbor, harborage, haunt, haven, redoubt, refuge, retreat, shelter

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