Phrase guide

hiding place

noun · 2 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdɪŋ ˌpleɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where someone or something may be hidden.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: topographic point, place, spot

Narrower terms: drop, hideout, hideaway, den, lurking place

History

Etymology

From hiding + place.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aramaic: ܒܙܥܐ (bezʿā) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Aramaic: ܠܩܚܐ (laqḥā) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Armenian: թաքուստ (tʻakʻust) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Armenian: թաքստոց (tʻakʻstocʻ) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Armenian: դարան (daran) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Breton: toull-kuzh — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Catalan: amagatall — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藏身之處 /藏身之处 (cángshēnzhīchù) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Choctaw: aluma̱ka — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Czech: úkryt — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Czech: skrýš — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Danish: gemmested — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Danish: skjulested — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Dutch: schuilplaats — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Dutch: onderduikadres — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Esperanto: kaŝejo — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Esperanto: kaŝangulo — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Estonian: peidupaik — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Finnish: piilopaikka — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Finnish: piilo — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Finnish: kätkö — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Finnish: jemma — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • French: cachette — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • German: Versteck — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • German: Unterschlupf — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Hungarian: rejtekhely — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Icelandic: fylgsni — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Irish: cró folaigh — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Italian: nascondiglio — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Latin: latebra — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Latvian: ̀slēptuve — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Latvian: paslēptuve — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Manx: cooill — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjemmested — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjulested — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gøymestad — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Polish: schowek — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Portuguese: esconderijo — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Russian: потайно́е ме́сто (potajnóje mésto) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Russian: тайни́к (tajník) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Russian: укры́тие (ukrýtije) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Spanish: zulo — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Spanish: escondite — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Swedish: gömställe — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Swedish: gömma — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Tibetan: གབ་ས (gab sa) — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Welsh: cuddfa — place where someone or something may be hidden
  • Welsh: ymguddfa — place where someone or something may be hidden