closetedadjective
uk/ˈklɒz.ɪ.tɪd//ˈklɑː.zət.ɪd/closeted adjective (SECRET)
A closeted gay man or woman keeps the fact that he or she is gay secret from most people:
a closeted professional football player
used to describe an activity or opinion that someone keeps secret:
closeted political dissent
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Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- gatepost
- lid
- lip
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- secret
- skeleton
- sweep
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closeted adjective (STAYING INDOORS)
If someone is closeted somewhere, they stay there, often because they are working hard on something:
She is currently closeted at home working on her new book.
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Staying and remaining
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- leftover
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stay behind
- stop
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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