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| Main Entry: | secluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated, sheltered |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, aloof, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, secret, segregated, shy, singular, solitary, unapproachable, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn, beleaguered, blockaded, off the beaten track, screened, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, shut off, tucked away, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | open, public, sociable, joining, mingling, socializing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, withdraw, shut off |
| Antonyms: | join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | aloof |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remote |
| Synonyms: | above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish*, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled*, haughty, indifferent, lone wolf*, loner*, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish*, supercilious, thick-skinned*, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity*, withdrawn, hard-hearted, incurious, laid back, offish, on ice, putting on airs, stuck up |
| Antonyms: | concerned, friendly, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | godforsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desolate |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, backward, deserted, dismal, distant, empty, forgotten, forlorn, gloomy, isolated, lonely, miserable, neglected, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, wicked |
| Main Entry: | hidden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unseen, secret |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, clandestine, cloaked, close, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised, esoteric, hermetic, in the dark, indiscernible, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secluded, shadowy, surreptitious, ulterior, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unknown, veiled, withheld, QT, buried, clouded, eclipsed, hermetical, imperceivable, out of view, screened, sequestered, shrouded, undetected, unexposed, unrevealed |
| Antonyms: | bare, exhibited, exposed, open, out, showing, uncovered, seen |
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
| Synonyms: | alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | insular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, closed, confined, cut off, detached, illiberal, isolated, limited, narrow, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, circumscribed, contracted, inward-looking, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | isolated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique; private |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods*, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado*, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, outlying, random, remote, retired, secluded, segregated, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn, off beaten track, screened, sequestered, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | included, incorporated, public, mingling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | by oneself; only |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, one, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo, unaccompanied, unique, onliest, stag |
| Notes: | lone means lacking companions or being the only one; a loan is something lent for temporary use or a sum of money lent, usually with interest |
| Antonyms: | along, together, accompanied |
| Main Entry: | personal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | private, individual |
| Synonyms: | exclusive, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, privy, retired, secluded, secret, special, claimed |
| Antonyms: | general, public |
| Main Entry: | recluse/reclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hermitlike, unsociable |
| Synonyms: | antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, hermetic, isolated, misanthropic, monastic, reserved, retiring, secluded, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn, eremetic, secluse, seclusive, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | extroverted, friendly, sociable |
| Main Entry: | solitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, single; unsociable |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, cloistered, deserted, desolate, distant, forsaken, friendless, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, misanthropic, only, out-of-the-way*, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, singular, sole, solo, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, unique, withdrawn, companionless, eremetic, hermitical, lorn, offish, sequestered, stag, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | combined, sociable, together, accompanied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incommunicado |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silenced |
| Synonyms: | isolated, secluded, sequestered |
| Main Entry: | reclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsociable |
| Synonyms: | antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, hermetic, isolated, misanthropic, monastic, recluse, reserved, retiring, secluded, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn, eremitic, hermit-like, secluse, seclusive, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | gregarious, sociable |
| Main Entry: | quarantined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated |
| Synonyms: | confined, restrained, secluded, shut up, cordoned off, detained, sealed off, shut off, under quarantine |
| Main Entry: | distant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faraway |
| Synonyms: | a piece, abroad, abstracted, apart, arm's length, asunder, away, backwoods, beyond range, far, far back, far-flung, far-off, farther, further, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, inaccessible, indirect, isolated, middle of nowhere, not home, obscure, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, telescopic, unapproachable, ways, wide of, yonder* |
| Antonyms: | adjacent, close, near, nearby, neighboring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling friendless, forlorn |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, apart, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive, rejected, secluded, single, solitary, unattended, withdrawn, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, estranged, renounced, troglodytic, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | loved, befriended, unlonely |
| Main Entry: | remote |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way; in the distance |
| Synonyms: | alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks*, devious, distant, far, far-flung, faraway, foreign, frontier, godforsaken*, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, off the beaten path*, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, unknown, unsettled, wild, far-off, god-knows-where, in a backwater, middle of nowhere, off-lying, undiscovered |
| Antonyms: | close, convenient, near, nearby |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secret |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, unrevealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, camouflaged, classified, cloak-and-dagger, close, closet, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, deep, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hush-hush*, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, out-of-the-way*, private, recondite, reticent, retired, secluded, strange, under wraps*, undercover, underground, undisclosed, unenlightened, unintelligible, unknown, unpublished, unseen, veiled, backdoor, clouded, conspiratorial, enigmatical, on the QT, shrouded, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | clear, explicit, forthright, honest, open, public, unconcealed, defined, revealed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | single |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, distinct |
| Synonyms: | distinguished, especial, exceptional, exclusive, individual, indivisible, isolated, lone, loner, odd, one, only, original, particular, peerless, personal, private, rare, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, simple, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, strange, uncommon, undivided, unique, unrivaled, unusual, not general, not public, singled-out, unalloyed, unblended, uncompounded, unitary, unmixed, unshared, without equal |
| Antonyms: | combined, double, mixed, together, united |
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