| Main Entry: | closet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage cupboard, usually tall |
Synonyms: |
ambry, bin, buffet, cabinet, chest of drawers, clothes room, cold storage, container, depository, locker, receptacle, recess, repository, room, safe, sideboard, vault, walk-in, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | academic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relating to theories, philosophy |
Synonyms: |
abstract, closet, conjectural, formalistic, hypothetical, notional, speculative, theoretical |
Antonyms: |
ordinary, plain, practical, simple |
| Main Entry: | cabinet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cupboard for storage |
Synonyms: |
case, chiffonier, closet, commode, container, depository, dresser, escritoire, locker, repository, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
Synonyms: |
alcove, antechamber, apartment, bastille, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | clandestine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, sly |
Synonyms: |
artful, cloak-and-dagger, closet, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, illegitimate, illicit, in holes and corners, on the Q. T., on the quiet, private, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under wraps, under-the-counter, undercover, underground, underhand |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, forthright, open, truthful |
| Main Entry: | confidential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
Synonyms: |
arcane, backdoor, classified, closet, hush-hush, hushed, inside, intimate, off the record, private, privy |
Antonyms: |
common, familiar, known, public, well-known |
| Main Entry: | cupboard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage cabinet |
Synonyms: |
buffet, closet, depository, facility, locker, press, repository, sideboard, storeroom, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | dresser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chest of drawers |
Synonyms: |
bureau, cabinet, chiffonier, closet, highboy, wardrobe |
| Main Entry: | hush-hush |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
Synonyms: |
clandestine, classified, closet, confidential, covert, dark, private, restricted, sub-rosa, surreptitious, under-the-table, undercover |
Antonyms: |
known, public, revealed, told |
| Main Entry: | imprison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine; put in jail |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bastille, bottle up, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, fence in, hold, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, keep captive, keep in custody, limit, lock in, lock up, nab, occlude, pen, put away, put behind bars, rail in, remand, restrain, send to prison, send up, shut in, stockade, take prisoner, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |