hidden 
hid·den (hid′'n)
adjective
concealed; secret
hidden
modif.
Secret
esoteric, clandestine, surreptitious; see secret 3, obscure 3, unknown 1.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underhand, unsearchable, kept in the dark*, under wraps*, kept dark*; see also covered 1, isolated, obscure 1, withdrawn.Antonyms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. Mysterious
symbolical, abstruse, cryptic; see magic 1, mysterious 2, secret 1.
Modifying Another Word
- cleverly: Solve rhyming riddles by finding hundreds of cleverly hidden objects, ra Focus Multimedia Britannica Encyclopedia Deluxe Millenium Ed.
- largely: Our NHS culture profoundly affects our actions, and yet is largely hidden from us.
- previously: As if that wasn't an entirely predictable outcome for popularizing previously hidden, esoteric material!
- often: The underlying meaning of the connections between these two levels represents a third and often hidden dimension of culture.
- well: Game Paks In a couple of really well hidden spots lie Banjo-Kazooie Game Paks.
- usually: Removing the garter from the bride's usually hidden leg.
Modifies a noun
- gem: At the same time, hidden gems wait for you on the video store shelf.
- treasure: What's more, the town's hidden treasures are all within easy reach of the port.
- agenda: I have no hidden agenda, I want our club to succeed.
- cove: Each hidden cove revealed a better place to swim, the water a more intense hue of emerald.
- europe: But somehow, number plates aside, these two roads between them seem to sum up what hidden europe is all about.
- talent: I was sorry not to have had a chance to discover my hidden talent for drumming.
Used with adjective complement
- lie: Modern turf cutting this century has given us a glimpse of what lies hidden.
- remain: He remains hidden; stroking the handle of the knife nestled in his pocket.
- stay: This means that in principle nothing needs to stay hidden.
- keep: Words that conjure up pictures of behaviors we would prefer to keep hidden.
- discover: A week later the authorities returned in greater strength, and arrested MacPhee after tallow and skins were discovered hidden on his island.
- find: The object of the Game is to find hidden " Atoms " by shooting " Rays " into a Matrix.
Theartof painting cannot betrulyjudgedsave bysuchas are themselves good painters; from others verily it is hidden even as a strange tongue.
Hidden in wonder and snow, or sudden with summer, This land stares at the sun in a huge silence Endlessly repeating something we cannot hear. Inarticulate, arctic, Not written on by history, emptyas paper, It leans away from the world with songs in its lakes Older than love, and lost in the miles. 722
The Hidden Persuaders.
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.
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