as in nests
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 hideouts
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.
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Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
According to the Old Farmers Almanac, however, the moon’s name actually refers to the worm-like beetle larvae that come out from winter hideouts, such as thawing tree bark, during this time of year.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
The recon function will allow it to be used by the teams on the ground to detect enemy snipers, hideouts, and fortifications.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2025
Although scout spies can be costly, players can refill them by finding hideouts scattered around the world.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
While Portugal seems like a quiet oasis on the edge of the Atlantic, its glamorous casinos, hotels, and secret hideouts become the stage for a network of daring women spies, exchanging vital information that could turn the tide of the conflict.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, said the IDF found huge sums of money, food and water in Sinwar’s hideouts.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Alinejad, 48, said she was forced to abandon her home, leaving behind friends and neighbors for a series of temporary hideouts.
—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Israel deployed more troops in its ground assault on southern Lebanon, designed to destroy Hezbollah tunnels and hideouts so as to make northern Israel safe again for residents who were evacuated a year ago because of Hezbollah rocket fire.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
According to the Old Farmers Almanac, however, the moon’s name actually refers to the worm-like beetle larvae that come out from winter hideouts, such as thawing tree bark, during this time of year.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
The recon function will allow it to be used by the teams on the ground to detect enemy snipers, hideouts, and fortifications.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2025
Although scout spies can be costly, players can refill them by finding hideouts scattered around the world.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
While Portugal seems like a quiet oasis on the edge of the Atlantic, its glamorous casinos, hotels, and secret hideouts become the stage for a network of daring women spies, exchanging vital information that could turn the tide of the conflict.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, said the IDF found huge sums of money, food and water in Sinwar’s hideouts.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
Alinejad, 48, said she was forced to abandon her home, leaving behind friends and neighbors for a series of temporary hideouts.
—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Israel deployed more troops in its ground assault on southern Lebanon, designed to destroy Hezbollah tunnels and hideouts so as to make northern Israel safe again for residents who were evacuated a year ago because of Hezbollah rocket fire.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideouts
Noun
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Brood parasites such as cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, tricking the hosts into caring for their offspring at the expense of their own.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Their characters range from alien birds discussing the optimal amount of stones in nests to Aztec warriors unaware of guns to bumbling, chess-playing professors.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To survive Alaska’s punishing winters, brown bears spend the season hibernating in their dens.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Along the way, visitors may spot signs of the sanctuary’s most visible resident, the beaver, from impressive dams to cleverly constructed dens and lodges, as well as birds such as the snow goose, lapland longspur, and chimney swift.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Hideouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideouts. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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