adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈklɒzɪtɪd/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
1992, Tony Kushner, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995, Part Two: Perestroika, Act One, Scene 4, p. 156, Belize: Get out your oven mitts. Guess who just checked in with the troubles? The Killer Queen Herself. New York's number one closeted queer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not open about some aspect of one's identity, tendency, or fondness; secret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Confined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
He's spent all day closeted in his room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
sheltered; protected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of closet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From closet (“state of concealment”) + -ed.
See closet (verb)
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
uzavřený
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Danish:
skabs-
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Italian:
velato
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Portuguese:
no armário
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Portuguese:
enrustido
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Spanish:
enclosetado
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Spanish:
no declarado
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Spanish:
no asumido
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Spanish:
en el closet
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Spanish:
en el armario
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Spanish:
de clóset
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Swedish:
i garderoben
— not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity
Czech:
uzavřený
— not open about some aspect of one's psyche
Danish:
skabs-
— not open about some aspect of one's psyche
