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hid·den (hid'n)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Etymology: ME, for OE gehydd

adjective

concealed; secret

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hidden Synonyms

hidden

modif.

  1. Secret

    esoteric, clandestine, surreptitious; see secret 3, obscure 3, unknown 1.

  2. Concealed from view

    secreted, secluded, out of sight, private, covert, concealed, undercover, occult, arcane, in the dark, in a haze, in a fog, in darkness, masked, screened, veiled, cloaked, obscured, disguised, socked in, invisible, clouded, sealed, unobserved, blotted, in eclipse, impenetrable, unseen, eclipsed, unexposed, camouflaged, enshrouded, undetected, shrouded, shadowy, unknown, indiscernible, latent, buried, opaque, deep, unsuspected, inscrutable, unapparent, inexplicable, illegible, unintelligible, imperceptible, puzzling, unobserved, out of view, dim, recondite, overlaid, clandestine, subterranean, cloistered, suppressed, secured, hermetic, dark, inward, underground, unrevealed, undisclosed, imperceivable, inert, withheld, surreptitious, sequestered, underhand, unsearchable, kept in the dark*, under wraps*, kept dark*; see also covered 1, isolated, obscure 1, withdrawn.

    Antonyms obvious*, open*, apparent. *

  3. Mysterious

    symbolical, abstruse, cryptic; see magic 1, mysterious 2, secret 1.


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hidden Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • cleverly: Solve rhyming riddles by finding hundreds of cleverly hidden objects, ra Focus Multimedia Britannica Encyclopedia Deluxe Millenium Ed.

Modifies a noun

  • gem: At the same time, hidden gems wait for you on the video store shelf.

Used with adjective complement

  • lie: Modern turf cutting this century has given us a glimpse of what lies hidden.
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hidden quotes

Theartof painting cannot betrulyjudgedsave bysuchas are themselves good painters; from others verily it is hidden even as a strange tongue.

-Du« r er, Albrecht

The Hidden Persuaders.

-Packard,Vance

But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable orthodoxy; heresy in the form of indifference.

-Rahner, Karl

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