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. Rita Moreno:

   The fabric is made out of obi, which is the sash that Japanese women use on their kimonos. They’re usually folded over and over and over, this is one piece of fabric, i would think it would tarnish, it’s been hanging in my closet.

2. Richard Sauber:

   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. Sam Rosen:

   More and more people are using it like an extension of their home or like a second closet, they send us seasonal items or luggage or even air conditioners. We have a lot of customers who do a wardrobe change two to three times per year. It’s like putting your coats in the attic and getting them back down again.

4. Heidi Thomas:

   There's another thing I wish I could explain, [The] closet thing I can say here is I just wanted to make this right ... I'm still not thinking I've been abused. I'm thinking this is all my fault.

5. Kanye West:

   It’s not about Kanye West. It’s not about Taylor Swift, there’s a lot of people in America that feel like they don’t have the platform to stand up and express their closet racism. Before they had that platform, one really easy way to express it was to say, ‘Eff Kanye West.’.