closeting

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Definitions of closeting word

noun closeting Present participle of closet. 1
noun closeting (historical) A private conference or interview. 0

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Parts of speech for Closeting

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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closeting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for closeting

noun closeting

complicity — Complicity is involvement with other people in an illegal activity or plan.
conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
burial — A burial is the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a grave in the ground.
camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
concealment — Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something.

verb closeting

apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
incarcerate — to imprison; confine.

All 65 Synonyms of closeting

Antonyms for closeting

verb closeting

cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
release — to lease again.

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