hiding

Examples

• All

• The children found a perfect hiding spot in the bushes during the game of hide-and-seek.

• Just promise me that you will go to one of these hiding places now.

  Fiction book (1991)

• This is quite a hiding place.

  Epic Movie (2007)

• It's not a bad hiding place.

  Little Women (1994)

• This is my secret hiding spot.

  Kindergarten Cop (1990)

• There's probably a thousand hiding places up here.

  The Last Sin Eater (2007)

• I waited a while before leaving my hiding place and pretended I had just arrived.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Jack waits for a boy to leave, then goes to the secret hiding place under the sink.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Leaphorn returned them to their hiding place in the bottom drawer.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I think Raphael is still around, but he's in hiding somewhere on the East Side.

  Gabriel (2007)

Synonyms

S

secrecy

vshiding

141 4.4

Keeping information hidden from other people

focuses on avoiding being found rather than just keeping information private

S

stealth

vshiding

120 6.5

Quiet movement to avoid being seen or heard

focuses on manner of movement to avoid detection rather than a general state

C

camouflage

vshiding

13 4.6

A way of hiding something so it is not easily seen

covers general keeping secret to avoid being found rather than only visual disguise

M

masking

vshiding

13 4.8

Objects that hide parts of a stage from the audience

means keeping something secret to avoid being found rather than just covering it

C

concealment

vshiding

4 5.0

Keeping something hidden or secret

focuses on avoiding being found rather than the general act itself

S

screening

vshiding

1 3.5

Plants or structures that block the view to give privacy

has narrow focus on blocking view rather than other ways to avoid being found

C

concealing

vshiding

1 5.3

An act of hiding something so people do not know about it

emphasizes avoiding discovery rather than only the process of concealment

C

covertness

vshiding

1 8.7

Being secret so other people do not know about it

stresses active efforts to keep something not found rather than mere secrecy

O

obscuration

vshiding

1 8.2

Something that stops you from seeing or understanding

focuses on obscuring sight or meaning rather than specifically avoiding being found

H

hiddenness

vshiding

1 7.8

A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand

highlights the intent to avoid being found rather than just being not seen

C

clandestinity

vshiding

• Archaic

1 9.9

The state of being secret to avoid being noticed

includes the action of keeping something secret to avoid being found

S

surreptitiousness

vshiding

1 9.3

Habit of doing things in a hidden way

refers to the state or activity of avoiding being found rather than only manner

S

surreption

vshiding

• Archaic

1 9.9

Doing something in secret to avoid being noticed

is about staying out of sight or keeping things secret to avoid being found

Antonyms

D

disclosure

209 4.1

Making secret or new information known to others

Idioms

I

in hiding

45 5.3

A secret place where someone stays to avoid being found by police or enemies

Compounds

H

hiding place

60 2.5

A secret place where nobody can find a person or thing

How Hidden

hiding

227 2.7

secrecy

141 4.4

concealment

4 5.0

obscurity

35 7.4

exposure

96 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology