recluse

Meaning

Adj

1. (archaic) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
2. (archaic) Hidden, secret.

Noun

1. (archaic) A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
2. (archaic, obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
3. (US, archaic) A brown recluse spider.
4. (archaic) See also Thesaurus:recluse

Verb

To shut; to seclude.

Synonyms

hermit

anchorite

ascetic

solitary

solitudinarian

eremite

reclusive

abstainer

troglodyte

unfrequented

withdrawn

lonely

loner

lonesome

desert

🏜️

retired person

sage

secluded

sequestered

single

solitaire

cloistral

solitary person

stranded

wandering mendicant

unassisted

unattended

hermite

vagrant

wanderer

anchoret

holy man

religious man

religious mendicant

deserted

isolated

lone

Translations

Einsiedler

recluso

eremita

solitario

kluizenaar

ermite

reclus

Eremit

münzevi

recluso

αναχωρητής

anacoreta

recluse

ερημίτης

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkluːs/

Etymology

From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).