bolt-hole
Secret safe place
A bolt-hole is a place of escape or refuge—somewhere you can retreat to when things get difficult.
The term comes from a hole through which a rabbit or fox bolts when pursued.
In British usage especially, it often means a secondary residence or hideaway: They kept a cottage in Wales as a bolt-hole from London.
Also spelled bolthole.
Protected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- shelterProtected place or structure
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
safehouse · hideout · lair · den · burrow · asylum · harbor · cover
Swift departure or retreat
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- refugePlace of safety
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
hideaway · safehouse · hideout · exfiltration · breakout · elude · abscond · flee
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- escapeFlight from captivity
sanctuary · privacy · quietude · isolation · hideaway · cabin · cottage · country house
Act of hiding something
- hiddenKept out of sight
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- secretConcealed information
stealth · furtive · surreptitious · undercover · disguised · cloaked · veiled · obscured
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
hideaway · safehouse · hideout · lair · den · burrow · asylum · harbor · cover · protection
getaway
Swift departure or retreat
retreat · hideaway · safehouse · hideout · exfiltration · breakout · elude · abscond · flee · vanish
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
escape · sanctuary · privacy · quietude · isolation · hideaway · cabin · cottage · country house · second home
concealment
Act of hiding something
- hiddenKept out of sight
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
secret · stealth · furtive · surreptitious · undercover · disguised · cloaked · veiled · obscured · undetected
- getawaysvacation, holiday, trip, getaway, escape
- hideawayshideaway, hideout, hiding place, lair, den
- hiding placeshideout, cubbyhole, den, safe house, panic room
- exitsexit, door, escape, way out, egress
- hiding outhideout, safe house, lair, refuge, den
- hideoutshideout, hideaway, safe room, panic room, safe house
bolt-holepermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
family home · homestead · ancestral home · forever home · domicile
bolt-holespotlight
Concentrated illumination source
open ground · limelight · fishbowl · public eye · center stage