Hideout and Lair

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Hideout noun - A place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others.

Usage example: police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods

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Lair is a synonym for hideout in hiding place topic. In some cases you can use "Lair" instead a noun "Hideout". popular alternative

Lair noun - A place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others.

Usage example: the detectives tracked the thieves to their lair and made immediate arrests

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Hideout is a synonym for lair in hideaway topic. You can use "Hideout" instead a noun "Lair". popular alternative

Nearby Words: laired, lairing

old	old hideout	old lair
complete	complete hideout	complete lair
current	current hideout	current lair
original	original hideout	original lair
Other adjectives: entire, massive, evil, bad, dark, main, secret, ultimate, new, abandoned, former, final, hidden, underground, latest, creepy, high-tech, underwater, volcanic.

Neon Sign Hideout: Drakken's lair in the Alps had a not-so-inconspicuous sign in from that said 'Secret Lair'.

Source: Western Animation / Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
In Season 4, his son has an abandoned subway lair of his own, and is busy excavating Lex's collapsed hideout.

Source: Series / Lois and Clark
Neon Sign Hideout: In "The Other Day the World Stood Still", Greenback's lair is extremely visible even without the actual neon sign, which is enormous and arrow-shaped and says "Greenback's Lair".

Source: Western Animation / Danger Mouse

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