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
Kentucky's vast wilderness and mountainous regions served as hideaways for bootleggers, Rein said, while the government used paid informants to sniff them out.
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Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
This hideaway in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood blurs the lines between highbrow design and youth culture.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
With tables arrayed along a leafy, burbling stretch of water, Cress on Oak Creek at L’Auberge de Sedona feels like a tiny uptown forest hideaway that serves lovely soup, salads and sandwiches for lunch.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The charming hideaway isn’t the legendary coach's only property on the island, however.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
This hideaway in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood blurs the lines between highbrow design and youth culture.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
With tables arrayed along a leafy, burbling stretch of water, Cress on Oak Creek at L’Auberge de Sedona feels like a tiny uptown forest hideaway that serves lovely soup, salads and sandwiches for lunch.
—New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The charming hideaway isn’t the legendary coach's only property on the island, however.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideaway
Noun
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During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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If this were true, Solomon would learn all of this elder’s secret hideouts and survival tricks, resulting in a formidable pair for any hunter to take on.—
Jim Tschetter,
Outdoor Life,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Even diligent Webberheads will need to overlook certain gaffes, like a hero who seems to have tied himself up in a climactic moment and a Stygian lair well marked with glowing Exit signs.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the Henchmen's Heist room, participants have been hired by a super villain to break into a high security superhero lair and steal valuable assets before the hero returns.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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