in hiding
Staying out sight
Concealed from view to avoid being found, typically to escape danger, arrest, or unwanted attention.
Someone in hiding has deliberately withdrawn from normal life: The family spent two years in hiding during the war.
The fugitive remained in hiding until the statute of limitations expired.
The phrase implies sustained concealment rather than momentary evasion.
Escaping from police
- wantedLonged for
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- pursuedWent after persistently
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
escapee · runaway · absconder · outlaw · evader · deserter · underground · eluding
Protected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
- shelterProtected place or structure
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
bolthole · lair · den · burrow · tucked away · secluded · holed up · laying low
Secretly engaged in espionage
- spyCovert information gatherer
- sleeper cellConcealed operatives awaiting orders
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
- covertIntentionally concealed
infiltrator · mole · agent · clandestine · intelligence · safe house · handler · extraction
Shrinking in fear
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- crouchingBending low, knees bent
- huddledCrowded closely together
- silentProducing no sound
breathless · motionless · dreading · terrified · paralyzed · cornered · trapped · vulnerable
on the lam
Escaping from police
fleeing · escapee · runaway · absconder · outlaw · evader · deserter · underground · eluding · bounty
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
retreat · bolthole · lair · den · burrow · tucked away · secluded · holed up · laying low · off the grid
undercover
Secretly engaged in espionage
- spyCovert information gatherer
- sleeper cellConcealed operatives awaiting orders
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
covert · infiltrator · mole · agent · clandestine · intelligence · safe house · handler · extraction · blown cover
cowering
Shrinking in fear
silent · breathless · motionless · dreading · terrified · paralyzed · cornered · trapped · vulnerable · heart pounding
- hiding outsafe house, lair, refuge, bolt-hole, den
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
- protectedprotected, shielded, guarded, secured, safe
in hidingout in the open
Visible to everyone
in plain sight · visible · exposed · unhidden · on display
in hidingin custody
Held by authorities
surrendered · emerged · come forward · in the clear · free and clear
hide, hidden, hiding, hideout, hides, hideaway, hider, hiddenness, hideaways