COME OUT OF THE CLOSET Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the phrase come out of the closet. (close relations)
Definition of COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
Best Alternative Words for COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
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| admit | verbv | |||||||
verb • declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of • allow to enter; grant entry to • allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of • admit into a group or community • afford possibility • give access or entrance to • have room for; hold without crowding • serve as a means of entrance | ||||||||
| announce | verbv | |||||||
verb • make known; make an announcement • announce publicly or officially • give the names of • foreshadow or presage | ||||||||
| declare | verbv | |||||||
verb • state emphatically and authoritatively • announce publicly or officially • state firmly • declare to be • authorize payments of • designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand • make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official • proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against | ||||||||
| disclose | verbv | |||||||
verb • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret • reveal to view as by removing a cover | ||||||||
| reveal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
verb • make manifest • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret • disclose directly or through prophets | ||||||||
| out | verb, adverb, nounv, adv, n | |||||||
adjective • not allowed to continue to bat or run noun • (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball adverb • away from home • moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden • from one's possession adjective satellite • being out or having grown cold • not worth considering as a possibility • out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election • excluded from use or mention • directed outward or serving to direct something outward • no longer fashionable • outside or external • outer or outlying • knocked unconscious by a heavy blow verb • to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality • reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle • be made known; be disclosed or revealed | ||||||||
| come out | verbv | |||||||
verb • appear or become visible; make a showing • be issued or published • come out of • result or end • drop out • take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal • make oneself visible; take action • bulge outward • to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality • be made known; be disclosed or revealed • break out | ||||||||
