| Main Entry: | cloistered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
Synonyms: |
cloistral, confined, hermitic, hidden, insulated, recluse, reclusive, restricted, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, sheltered, shielded, shut off, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
free, open, unsecluded |
| Main Entry: | recluse/reclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hermitlike, unsociable |
Synonyms: |
antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, eremetic, hermetic, isolated, misanthropic, monastic, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
extroverted, friendly, sociable |
| Main Entry: | seclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, hide |
Synonyms: |
blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | secluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated, sheltered |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, alone, aloof, beleaguered, blockaded, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, off the beaten track, out-of-the-way, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, screened, secluse, seclusive, secret, segregated, sequestered, shut off, shy, singular, solitary, tucked away, unapproachable, unfrequented, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
joining, mingling, open, public, sociable, socializing |
| Main Entry: | sequester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, seclude |
Synonyms: |
cloister, close off, cut off, draw back, enisle, hide, insulate, island, secrete, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
bring out, make public, reveal, uncover |
| Main Entry: | solitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, single; unsociable |
Synonyms: |
aloof, antisocial, cloistered, companionless, deserted, desolate, distant, eremetic, forsaken, friendless, hermitical, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, misanthropic, offish, only, out-of-the-way, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, sequestered, singular, sole, solo, stag, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unique, unsocial, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
accompanied, combined, sociable, together |
| Main Entry: | withdrawn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, remote |
Synonyms: |
cloistered, departed, isolated, out-of-the-way, private, recluse, removed, retreated, secluded, solitary, taken out |
Antonyms: |
known, seen, visible |
| Main Entry: | reclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsociable |
Synonyms: |
antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, eremitic, hermetic, hermit-like, isolated, misanthropic, monastic, recluse, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
gregarious, sociable |
| Main Entry: | immure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
Synonyms: |
cloister, coop, entomb, imprison, incarcerate, jail, seclude, wall |
| Main Entry: | retired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done working |
Synonyms: |
cidevant, cloistered, discharged, emeritus, humble, immured, inactive, otiose, retiring, secluded, sequestered, shy, superannuated, unfrequented, withdrawn |