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Hyde¹

  • /haɪd/

Sounds like hide · Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

* As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).

* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.

* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

proper noun Hydes

  1. countable, uncountable An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living on a hide of land.
  2. countable, uncountable A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire.
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8801).
  4. countable, uncountable A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire).
  5. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
  6. countable, uncountable A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, probably in Blunsdon parish (OS grid ref SU1589).
  8. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
  10. countable, uncountable A rural locality in Otago, New Zealand, between Middlemarch and Ranfurly.

hyde²

noun hydes

  1. alternative Alternative form of hide (area of land)

verb hydes · hyding · hyd · hydden

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of hide

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jekyll, whyte, head, hid, heide, heidelberger, conceal, cover, mask, veil, cloak, shroud, obscure, camouflage, screen, shield

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@misc{hyde_2026,
  title = {hyde},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyde},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}