hidden

[ hid-n ]

adjective

1. concealed; obscure; covert:

   hidden meaning; hidden hostility.

   Synonyms: occult, veiled, secret

verb

1. past participle of hide ¹.

hidden

/ ˈhɪdən /

verb

1. a past participle of hide 1

adjective

1. concealed or obscured

   a hidden meaning

   a hidden cave

Derived Forms

• ˈhiddenness, noun
• ˈhiddenly, adverb

Other Words From

• hidden·ly adverb
• hidden·ness noun
• half-hidden adjective
• un·hidden adjective
• well-hidden adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hidden¹

First recorded in 1540–50, for the adjective

Example Sentences

The next 20 minutes will be spent trying to change the subject, an act that will inevitably lead to other hidden land mines ... such as vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times

Elissa Hubbard, 38, spent what was meant to be the happiest day of her life in 2021 hidden away gambling as part of an addiction that - at its peak- cost her £40,000 a year.

From BBC

A mother who kept her baby daughter hidden in a drawer for the first three years of her life has been jailed for seven years and six months for "extreme neglect".

From BBC

We enter what we are told is a hidden bunker-turned-research lab.

From Los Angeles Times

Is it possible that some of the world’s greatest cities are still lying hidden beneath the Amazon rainforest, or in other undiscovered areas around our world?

From Salon

Related Words

• buried
• clandestine
• concealed
• covered
• covert
• dark
• invisible
• latent
• mysterious
• obscure
• private
• secluded
• underground
• undisclosed
• unknown