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lairs

noun , plural of lair

Synonyms and Antonyms of lairs

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 of lairs

concealments, coverts, dens, hermitages, hideaways, hideouts, hidey-holes (or hidy-holes), nests

Words Related to lairs

blinds, covers, nooks, recesses

hangouts, harbors, harborages, haunts, havens, redoubts, refuges, retreats, shelters

2 the shelter or resting place of a wild animal

we found an abandoned fox's lair in the woods behind the barn

Synonyms of lairs

burrows, dens, holes, houses, lodges

Words Related to lairs

3 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

Synonyms of lairs

beds, bunks, dosses [chiefly British], hays [slang], kips, pads, racks, sacks

Words Related to lairs

bedsteads, futons (also futon), mattresses, pallets

bunk beds, cots, couches, daybeds, feather beds, four-posters, hammocks, Murphy beds, shakedowns, sleigh beds, sofas, sofa beds, studio couches, trundle beds, water beds

bassinets, carry-cots [British], cradles, cribs

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