reclusive

Speech parts

1. reclusive - Adjective

2. reclusive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Affording retirement from society.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

withdrawn secluded recluse cloistered sequestered hermitlike private lonesome alone cold isolated remote distant reserved quiet
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Antonyms

public social approaching busy outgoing boon
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Related terms

recluse reclusiveness reclusively

Phrases with the word

reclusive character reclusive reputation reclusive state

Anagrams

versicule

Examples

I am not reclusive. I just have a private life. Enya

Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more! Thomas Pynchon

I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world. Kate Bush

I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy. Robert B. Laughlin

Happy and alone, you say? Reclusive and merry? How oxymoronic! Pas possible! Alas, the concept is lost on so many. Caroline Knapp

I'm far from being reclusive. I have thirty or forty year friendships that I prefer to meeting new people. I go to an occasional party, but just because I don't go to a lot of events, and I'm not out in public all the time doesn't mean I'm anti-social or a recluse. Kirk Kerkorian

Close letter words and terms

recluseness reclusery reclusion reclusive character reclusive reputation reclusive state