Synonyms for closet
ˈklɒz ɪtclos·et

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1. closetverb

   Secret.

   The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.

   Synonyms:
   wardrobe, locker, press, cupboard

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1. cupboard, closetnoun

   a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

   Synonyms:
   water closet, cupboard, press, loo, wardrobe

2. water closet, closet, W.C., loonoun

   a toilet in Britain

   Synonyms:
   water closet, cupboard, press, loo, wardrobe

3. wardrobe, closet, pressnoun

   a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

   Synonyms:
   pressing, insistency, mechanical press, military press, public press, jam, imperativeness, cupboard, crush, wardrobe, printing press, pressure, insistence, press, water closet, loo

4. closetverb

   a small private room for study or prayer

   Synonyms:
   water closet, cupboard, press, loo, wardrobe

5. closetverb

   confine to a small space, as for intensive work

Matched Categories

1. • Confine
   • Furniture
   • Storage Space
   • Toilet

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1. wadrobe

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. closetnoun

   Synonyms:
   cabinet, small room

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1. closetnoun

   Synonyms:
   private room, clothespress, ambry

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1. List of paraphrases for "closet":

   cupboard, wardrobe, pantry, locker, dresser, cabinet, storeroom, compartment, placard, toilet, backseat, riddance, backwater

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1. Tim Burton, Burton On Burton:

   I was very strange back then. I could see I had problems. I would sit in a closet a lot of the time and not come out, or I would sit up on top of my desk, or under my desk, or do weird things like get my wisdom teeth out and bleed all over the hallways.

2. Richard Sauber:

   The White House is cooperating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice regarding the discovery of what appear to be Obama-Biden Administration records, including a small number of documents with classified markings, the documents were discovered when the President’s personal attorneys were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C. The President periodically used this space from mid-2017 until the start of the 2020 campaign. On the day of this discovery, November 2, 2022, the White House Counsel’s Office notified the National Archives. The Archives took possession of the materials the following morning.

3. Secretary Clinton:

   Shopping in your closet? i do a lot of that, too.

4. Pastor John Hagee:

   I believe that Christians United for Israel will continue to grow exponentially especially because Israel is in a time of danger, every Christian who carries a Bible knows that God Almighty is interested in the welfare of Israel, and they know they have a Biblical mandate to stand up and speak up for Israel. The chaos we’re experiencing in the Middle East is a challenge for every Christian to come out of the closet and stand up and speak up for Israel and the Jewish people.

5. Babak Pasdar:

   They can dig down into that data and learn more about the individuals, what their hobbies are, what their vices are, what skeletons they have in their closet.