| Main Entry: | monastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with communal life |
Synonyms: |
ascetic, austere, celibate, contemplative, monkish, oblate, reclusive, secluded, solitary |
| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning clergy |
Synonyms: |
apostolic, canonical, churchly, cleric, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, episcopal, holy, ministerial, monastic, monkish, papal, parsonical, parsonish, pastoral, pontifical, prelatic, priestly, rabbinical, sacerdotal, sacred, theocratical |
| Main Entry: | monk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who devotes life to contemplation of god |
Synonyms: |
abbot, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, friar, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary |
| Notes: | the difference between a monk and a friar is that friars get out and do not stay in monasteries |
| 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isolated, misanthropic, monastic, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn |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: | 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misanthropic, monastic, recluse, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn |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 |