Thesaurus results for HIDEOUT

hideout

noun

ˈhīd-ˌau̇t

Definition of hideout

as in lair

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

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Recent Examples of hideout Then, on December 2, 1993, a day after his 44th birthday, Escobar’s hideout was discovered in Medellín. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026 Tana had an unusual path to becoming the restaurant owner of the renowned Hollywood red-sauce hideout. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Tarar said Pakistan's latest operation along the Afghan border targeted the hideouts and safe havens of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Fitna al-Khwarij, a term Pakistan uses for the Pakistani Taliban. — CBS News, 28 June 2026 Some canoe campers, most of whom come into Crooked Lake from the east end, have stumbled onto the bass hideouts. — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hideout

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Noun

Inside, Project Bond would certainly make a fine lair for any Boon villain.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Eriro Ehrwalder Alm, Austria Eriro is an outlier, a luxury lair that emphasizes privacy, quiet, and remoteness.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of lair

Noun

The setting, time of year, temperature and conditions of water, and circumstances of the nest are drawn into the definition of behavior.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
No, while most yellow jackets build underground nests, some species construct aerial nests in trees inside building walls.

— Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of nest

Noun

Mother bears like Electra will teach their cubs about safe places to build dens, where and when to find food, and how to get it.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
The project’s team also sank artificial dens in the waters to give the vulnerable newcomers somewhere to hide.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of den

Noun

By the mid-nineteen-fifties, most of the spas were defunct, and Te Aroha had diminished into a sleepy hideaway, a place, perhaps, for getting a tire fixed on the way to somewhere else.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
The last time Ferguson was seen in public was in April, when The Sun published photos of her at a mountain hideaway in the Austrian Alps.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

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