| Main Entry: | hermit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who chose to live alone |
Synonyms: |
anchorite, ascetic, eremite, misanthrope, outside of human society anchoret, pillarist, recluse, skeptic, solitaire, solitarian, solitary, stylite |
| Main Entry: | introvert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who retreats mentally |
Synonyms: |
autist, brooder, egoist, egotist, loner*, narcissist, self-observer, solitary, wallflower |
Antonyms: |
extrovert |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
Synonyms: |
bastille, black hole, brig, bullpen, can*, cell, clink, cooler, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack, reformatory, slammer, solitary*, stir*, stockade, up the river |
| Notes: | a jail is a short-term detention facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses; a prison or penitentiary is a long-term detention facility for those convicted of major offenses |
| Main Entry: | loner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recluse |
Synonyms: |
anomic, hermit, introvert, lone wolf, outsider, solitary |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | recluse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not want social contact |
Synonyms: |
anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte |
Antonyms: |
extrovert |
| Main Entry: | lone wolf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who avoids other |
Synonyms: |
hermit, independent, individualist, lone hand, loner, nonconformist, odd man out, outsider, pariah, rogue elephant, separatist, solitary |
| Main Entry: | solitary confinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confinement in isolation |
Synonyms: |
holding cell, isolation, lockdown, solitary, the hole |
| Main Entry: | pokey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
Synonyms: |
bastille, black hole, brig, bullpen, can*, cell, clink, cooler, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, keep, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack, reformatory, slammer, solitary*, stir*, stockade, up the river |