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Synonyms of lair
1
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
- the detectives tracked the thieves to their lair and arrested them
Synonyms for lair
- concealment,
- covert,
- den,
- hermitage,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey-hole
- (or hidy-hole),
- nest
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British dialect
a place set aside for sleeping
- while he was on the road, he used the back compartment of his lorry as his lair
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lair. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of lair was before the 12th century
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