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Definitions for Closeted
[1] functioning in private; secret; closet.
[2] a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
[3] a small private room, especially one used for prayer, meditation, etc.
[4] a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy: Some conservatives remain in the closet except on election day. Gay liberation has encouraged many gay people to come out of the closet.
[5] water closet.
[6] private; secluded.
[7] suited for use or enjoyment in privacy: closet reflections; closet prayer.
[8] engaged in private study or speculation; speculative; unpractical: a closet thinker with no practical experience.
[9] being or functioning as such in private; secret: a closet anarchist.
[10] to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc. (usually used in the passive voice): The secretary of state was closeted with the senator for three hours in a tense session.
[11] a small cupboard or recess
[12] a small private room
[13] short for water closet
[14] (modifier) private or secret
[15] (modifier) suited or appropriate for use in private closet meditations
[16] (modifier) US and Canadian based on or devoted to theory; speculative a closet strategist
[17] (tr) to shut up or confine in a small private room, esp for conference or meditation
Words related to Closeted
incarcerate, apprehend, detain, jail, commit, hold, remand, cloister, sequester, ostracize, nab, constrain, closet, immure, ice, keep, trammel, intern, restrain, stockade
Words nearby Closeted
closeout, closer, closet, closet drama, closet queen, closeted, closetful, closeup, closing, closing costs, closing error
Origin of Closeted
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent to clos close (noun) + -et -et
Other words from Closeted
un·clos·et·ed , adjective
Word origin for Closeted
C14: from Old French, from clos enclosure; see close 1
Synonyms for Closeted
apprehend, commit, detain, hold, incarcerate, jail, lock up, remand, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, constrain, curb, ice, immure, impound, intern, keep, limit, nab, occlude, pen, restrain, stockade, trammel, bastille, bottle up, fence in, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, keep captive, keep in custody, lock in, put away, put behind bars, rail in, send to prison, send up, shut in, take prisoner