adj, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hidden answer clue; one in which the letters of the solution appear consecutively in the wordplay.

   "Hiddens are indicated thus; (e.g.) Grow (maraudinG ROWdies)."

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of hide form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

   "hidden treasure; hidden talents"

2. 2
   Obscure.

Adjective

1. 1
   difficult to find wordnet
2. 2
   designed to elude detection wordnet
3. 3
   not accessible to view wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

concealedout of sightabstractabstrusearcanebeclouded

Antonyms

All antonyms

limelightapparentbareopen

Example

More examples

"If you teach me how to dance, I will show you my hidden scars."

Etymology

Morphologically hid + -en.

Related phrases

hidden Markov modelhidden agendahidden assethidden championhidden cityhidden codehidden curriculumhidden forest chipmunkhidden gemhidden in plain sighthidden layerhidden quantity

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.