Dictionary

come out of the closet en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.
   • Now, we're coming out / Out of our closets / Out on the streets / Yeah, we're coming out 1972, Lou Reed, “Make Up”, in Transformer:
   • He came out of the closet as gay to his friends.
2. (humorous, idiomatic, informal, intransitive, sometimes) To self-disclose about one's minority or disapproved-of identity, belief, preference, etc.
   • She finally came out of the closet to her religious family regarding her atheism.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out, of, the, closet.

Forms

Antonyms

woodwork · remain in the closet

Deriveds

coming-out · come out of the broom closet

Relateds

closeted · come out of the woodwork · in the closet

Synonyms

come out

Translations (36)

ru выходи́ть из подпо́лья (to self-disclose about one's identity) · de sich outen (to self-disclose about one's identity) · sv komma ut (to self-disclose about one's identity) · es salir del placard (to self-disclose about one's identity) · es salir del clóset (to self-disclose about one's identity) · id melela (to self-disclose about one's identity) · eo elŝrankiĝi (to self-disclose about one's identity) · ca sortir de l'armari (to self-disclose about one's identity) · tl lumadlad (to self-disclose about one's identity) · cmn 出櫃 /出柜 (to self-disclose about one's identity) · ca eixir de l'armari (to self-disclose about one's identity) · ru вы́йти из подпо́лья (to self-disclose about one's identity) · pl ujawnić (się) (to self-disclose about one's identity) · es salir del armario (to self-disclose about one's identity) · nl uit de kast komen (to self-disclose about one's identity) · tr açılmak (to self-disclose about one's identity) · pt sair do armário (to self-disclose about one's identity) · sv komma ut ur garderoben (to self-disclose about one's identity) · fr sortir du placard (to self-disclose about one's identity) · ga tar amach (to self-disclose about one's identity) · et kapist välja tulema (to self-disclose about one's identity) · it uscire allo scoperto (to self-disclose about one's identity) · yue 出櫃 /出柜 (to self-disclose about one's identity) · da springe ud (to self-disclose about one's identity) · pl ujawniać (się) (to self-disclose about one's identity) · hu előbújik (to self-disclose about one's identity) · es salir del ropero (to self-disclose about one's identity) · el εκδηλώνομαι (to self-disclose about one's identity) · it dichiararsi (to self-disclose about one's identity) · da komme ud af skabet (to self-disclose about one's identity) · fi tulla ulos kaapista (to self-disclose about one's identity) · nb komme ut av skapet (to self-disclose about one's identity) · ja カミングアウトする (to self-disclose about one's identity) · nn koma ut av skapet (to self-disclose about one's identity) · fr faire son coming out (to self-disclose about one's identity) · hu coming outol (to self-disclose about one's identity)