recluse

Speech parts

1. recluse - Noun

2. recluse - Adjective

3. recluse - Verb

4. recluse - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.

The place where a recluse dwells.

To shut up; to seclude.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reclusive withdrawn solitary hermit troglodyte solitudinarian puritan sufi misanthrope fakir monk solitaire lonesome hater brother
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Antonyms

local social team friend citizen built-in
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Hypernyms

loner lone wolf lone hand

Phrases with the word

Mediterranean recluse spider Chilean recluse spider Texas recluse spider

Examples

lived an unsocial reclusive life Source: Internet

A brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse." Source: Internet

After much research to the hermit’s whereabouts and an arduous trek through the deep forest, he found this bearded recluse and asked for advice. Source: Internet

A recluse by nature, he appeared strange and bizarre to his fellow townsfolk. Source: Internet

A Sikh is encouraged not to live as a recluse, beggar, monk, nun, celibate, or in any similar vein. Source: Internet

Brown recluse spiders build asymmetrical (irregular) webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly thread. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reclosure reclothe reclude recluse spider reclusely recluseness