recluse

see definition of recluse

nounperson who does not want social contact

Synonyms for recluse

noun person who does not want social contact

Antonyms for recluse

extrovert

fugitive

noun. person escaping from law or other pursuer

monk

noun. man who devotes life to contemplation of god

Word Origin & History

c.1200, "person shut up from the world for purposes of religious meditation," from Old French reclus (fem. recluse) "hermit, recluse," also "confinement, prison; convent, monastery," noun use of reclus (adj.) "shut up," from Late Latin reclusus, past participle of recludere "to shut up, enclose" (but in classical Latin "to throw open"), from Latin re-, intensive prefix, + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)).

Example Sentences for recluse

"It is a long time when it is a year of suspense," said the recluse, shaking his head.

She did not work as devotedly as she had hoped to do, nor did she become a recluse from society.

He was however naturally of an abstemious and recluse disposition.

It was Father Sergius's sixth year as a recluse, and he was now forty-nine.

I am a recluse, have been for many years and rarely stir abroad.

But we ought to meet at many places, unless you continue to play the recluse.

He may talk to them—he is no recluse; but he must not talk too much about worldly matters.

I suppose he has grown a recluse, and does not care to see people.

But the recluse waived the entreaties of the young, happy couple.

The recluse of the island had brought it as a weapon of defence.

recluse

Synonyms for recluse

Antonyms for recluse

fugitive

hermit

misanthrope

monk

more reclusive

recluse

Synonyms for recluse

Antonyms for recluse

More words related to recluse

cloistered

fugitive

hermit

misanthrope

monk

more reclusive