Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb come_out_of_the_closet

1 sense of come out of the closet

Sense 1
come out of the closet, out, come out -- (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year")
       => unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")