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hide
Synonyms and Antonyms of hide
- Seal hides are used by Eskimos to make footwear, boats, shelters, bags, and clothing.
badger, beaver, chamois, chinchilla, ermine, fisher, fox, marten, mink, muskrat, otter, Persian lamb, rabbit, raccoon (also racoon), sable, seal
bearskin, buckskin, calfskin, coonskin, cowhide, deerskin, doeskin, goatskin, horsehide, kidskin, lambskin, pigskin, rawhide, sealskin, sharkskin, sheep, sheepskin, snakeskin
- boots made of shiny alligator hide
hide
Synonyms and Antonyms of hide
- The thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards.
- He tried to hide his criminal past.
- She hid the cat's litter box behind a screen.
bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother
gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
- He hid in the closet during the game of hide-and-seek.
lie low, sit tight
Synonym Discussion of hide
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- hide in the closet
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- a house hidden in the woods
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- concealed the weapon
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- a house screened by trees
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- secreted the amulet inside his shirt
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- buried the treasure
hide
Synonyms and Antonyms of hide
- The grizzled quartermaster threatened to hide any soldier caught stealing provisions.
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp
blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap
beat up on
- threatened to hide us if he ever caught us again
blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate
bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack
bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather, lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp, whop (or whap), whup, work over
Synonym Discussion of hide
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- hide in the closet
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- a house hidden in the woods
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- concealed the weapon
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- a house screened by trees
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- secreted the amulet inside his shirt
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- buried the treasure
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