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synonyms for holed up

  • buried
  • camouflaged
  • covered
  • planted
  • veiled
  • enshrouded
  • guarded
  • masked
  • obscure
  • obscured
  • screened
  • secreted
  • shrouded
  • covered up
  • covert
  • hush-hush
  • hushed up
  • incog
  • incognito
  • inconspicuous
  • perdu
  • privy
  • put in the hole
  • recondite
  • tucked away
  • ulterior
  • under wraps
  • unseen
On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to holed up, such as: buried, camouflaged, covered, planted, veiled, and null.

antonyms for holed up

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  • bare
  • clear
  • disclosed
  • exposed
  • obvious
  • open
  • plain
  • revealed
  • shown
  • told
  • uncovered
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How to use holed up in a sentence

Some old coot went off his nut from being holed up alone—and this is all he left.
THE YELLOW HORDEHAL G. EVARTS
Three days passed thus, with the regiment "holed up" against the almost continuous bombardment.
THE IRON DIVISION, NATIONAL GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE WORLD WARH. G. PROCTOR
Because of Auguste he had to stay holed up here, blackness pressing on his eyeballs.
SHAMANROBERT SHEA
I guess even the oldest and toughest bear is holed-up by now.
TOM FAIRFIELD'S HUNTING TRIPALLEN CHAPMAN
I told him about his son, holed up in gaol with Jim at La Morita.
CURLYROGER POCOCK
The Soth was holed up in the lab, and would I come right away?
BACKLASHWINSTON MARKS
Bear have "holed up" and the beaver are housed till dwindling stores compel them to come out from their snow-hidden domes.
THE STORY OF THE TRAPPERA. C. LAUT
Water-cats holed up in the banks, but rising water often forced them out of such dens.
STAR HUNTERANDRE ALICE NORTON
My wife has always said that Magnus and I holed up in our den like wild animals, and sometimes like a certain domestic one.
VANDEMARK'S FOLLYHERBERT QUICK
They were holed up in her room, surrounded by watercolors of horses in motion that her mother had painted.
SOMEONE COMES TO TOWN, SOMEONE LEAVES TOWNCORY DOCTOROW
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WORDS RELATED TO HOLED UP

  • buried
  • camouflaged
  • covered
  • covered up
  • covert
  • enshrouded
  • guarded
  • holed up
  • hush-hush
  • hushed up
  • incog
  • incognito
  • inconspicuous
  • masked
  • obscure
  • obscured
  • perdu
  • planted
  • privy
  • put in the hole
  • recondite
  • screened
  • secreted
  • shrouded
  • tucked away
  • ulterior
  • under wraps
  • unseen
  • veiled
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.