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  

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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. Robert C. Morlino:

   People today have been taught to be offended, people live to be offended. That’s why they need a ‘safe space’ and a ‘cry closet,’ and what they mean by that seems to be a space where they can be safe from hearing the voice of reason and truth, if you speak the truth, you might not be safe.

2. Paris Hilton:

   Every women needs at least 4 animals. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass that pays for everything.

3. 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.

4. Richard Stewart:

   I went into my closet and picked out a plain, off-the-rack, boring, dark blue suit, i ’d wear that suit to every Council meeting until someone noticed, until someone commented on it. I told nobody.

5. Aaron J. Munzer:

   I'd come out of the closet but the skeletons would get lonely.