as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the novelist has a little hideaway in the country where he goes whenever he wants to do some serious writing
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Recent Examples of hideaway
With only one bedroom and two baths in this home, this would be an ideal creative hideaway (maybe for aspiring writers to work on a screenplay?), with plenty of room to spread out, including a west-facing deck for soaking up the sunset and a room that functions as an office or work area.
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Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Turns out, Villa Roc Fleuri wasn’t Connery’s only French hideaway.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2025
Winston Porter Alfonsi Extendable Outdoor Dining Table Accommodate numerous guests with this hardwood dining table, which extends from 59 to 79 inches thanks to a hideaway leaf for extra space.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
If houses go up on that land, the home will be more visible — no longer a hideaway, but the calling card that Lym never asked for.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
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Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Turns out, Villa Roc Fleuri wasn’t Connery’s only French hideaway.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 May 2025
Winston Porter Alfonsi Extendable Outdoor Dining Table Accommodate numerous guests with this hardwood dining table, which extends from 59 to 79 inches thanks to a hideaway leaf for extra space.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
If houses go up on that land, the home will be more visible — no longer a hideaway, but the calling card that Lym never asked for.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideaway
Noun
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Sipping sundowners at the glamorous beach clubs that propagate the sandy shores and cliffside hideouts along the French Riviera really shouldn’t take much convincing, but with so many charming seaside cities and villages to explore, deciding where to stay can be a challenge.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
8 June 2025
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One of South County’s most exclusive hideouts, the Elwood Club at Pendry Newport Beach, is about to commit a rare feat of hospitality: briefly flinging open the doors of its restaurant, Viamara, to us common folk.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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Times reporters got inside the lair of a Sudanese Army sniper, in a once-luxurious riverside building in Khartoum.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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Fitting for an actor, the house hides a cinematic lair.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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