Hideout
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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Synonyms for Hideout
Shelter is a synonym for hideout in hiding place topic. In some cases you can use "Shelter" instead a noun "Hideout", when it comes to topics like refuge.
Shelter
Shelter noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: the sudden fierce storm forced us to run to the nearest shelter
Hideout is a synonym for shelter in protection topic. You can use "Hideout" instead a noun "Shelter", if it concerns topics such as retreat, refuge.
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The cats send the mice into a "shelter" (actually their hideout), but they did not count on Mighty Mouse rushing to save the dam and see that it was still intact.
Source: Didn't Think This Through -
Spectre: When Bond investigates the Pale King's hideout in Austria, he's spooked by some birds who took shelter in the seemingly abandoned cabin.
Source: Cat Scare -
Cat Scare: When Bond investigates the Pale King's hideout in Austria, he's spooked by some birds who took shelter in the seemingly abandoned cabin.
Source: Film / Spectre
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