hide-and-seek

1. 1.

   a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them

   Synonymshide and go seek

   Broaderchild's game

Questions about hide-and-seek

What does hide-and-seek mean?

hide-and-seek means "a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them".

How many syllables are in hide-and-seek?

hide-and-seek has 4 syllables: hi-de--and--seek. The stress falls on "de-".

What is another word for hide-and-seek?

Close synonyms include hide and go seek. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hide-and-seek a common word?

hide-and-seek is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.