lairs
Wild animal homes
Lairs is the plural of lair—a den or resting place of a wild animal, especially a predator: The hunters tracked the wolves back to their lairs.
By extension, a lair is any hideout or private retreat, often with sinister connotations: supervillain lairs, The detective found the kidnapper's lair.
The word suggests secrecy and concealment.
Private room or lair
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
- hollowEmpty within
habitat · roost · cave · lodge · den · covert · earth · sett
Protected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- shelterProtected place or structure
- bolt-holePrivate retreat for escaping
sanctum · asylum · harbor · safe haven · hermitage · seclusion · escape · bolthole
Secret place of refuge
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
bunker · headquarters · base · compound · redoubt · citadel · underground base
Made invisible deliberately
- secludedSet apart, private
- secretConcealed information
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
obscured · undisclosed · unseen · covert · stealthy · underground · remote · inaccessible
den
Private room or lair
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
hollow · habitat · roost · cave · lodge · den · covert · earth · sett · holt
sanctuary
Protected sacred space
bolt-hole · sanctum · asylum · harbor · safe haven · hermitage · seclusion · escape · bolthole · refuge
hideout
Secret place of refuge
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
- strongholdFortified place of defense
fortress · bunker · headquarters · base · compound · redoubt · citadel · underground base
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
- secludedSet apart, private
- secretConcealed information
- camouflagedVisually hidden by coloring
clandestine · obscured · undisclosed · unseen · covert · stealthy · underground · remote · inaccessible · uncharted
- animal homesnest, den, burrow, hive, roost
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
- animal trackingtracks, footprints, hoofprints, spoor, droppings
- hellholeshellhole, dungeons, dungeon, dump, dumps
- hexcrawlhexes, exploration, sandbox, landmarks, waypoints
lairsopen spaces
Unoccupied expanses or gaps
public places · clearings · open ground · arenas · forums
lairspublic squares
Open civic gathering areas
meeting halls · agoras · commons · town squares · marketplaces
lairshomes
Personal living quarters
houses · residences · dwellings · domiciles · apartments
- evil lairVillain's concealed base
- hidden lair
- dragon's lairMythical beast's dwelling
- dragon lairSerpent creature's dwelling
- underground lairConcealed subterranean refuge
- villain lairAntagonist's secret headquarters