as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the novelist has a little hideaway in the country where he goes whenever he wants to do some serious writing
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Recent Examples of hideaway
To design her fantasy hideaway, Champagne set to work making structural repairs such as replacing the pool room roof and adding decorative touches, including a leopard print carpet in the primary bedroom and a bathroom floor embedded with vintage coins.
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Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
One of them is Four Seasons at the Surf Club, a historic property that now doubles as a low-key residential hideaway with full hotel service.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2026
Located just off the coast of northwest Spain, in the region of Galicia, this private island escape is arguably one of the coolest hideaways in Europe.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2026
Now Raleigh’s secret hideaway boutique isn’t so secret anymore.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
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Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
One of them is Four Seasons at the Surf Club, a historic property that now doubles as a low-key residential hideaway with full hotel service.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2026
Located just off the coast of northwest Spain, in the region of Galicia, this private island escape is arguably one of the coolest hideaways in Europe.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2026
Now Raleigh’s secret hideaway boutique isn’t so secret anymore.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideaway
Noun
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Morales marshaled the latest march from his hideout in Bolivia’s remote tropics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Homelander crashes their hideout, and Frenchie tells Kimiko and Sister Sage to hide.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The set feels less like a ’90s living room than a cozy villain’s lair, warm but volatile (and easily set ablaze).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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Dane Lafrey’s magnificent, multi-level design makes maximum use of the Palace’s cavernous stage to create a lair to die for.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Hideaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideaway. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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