reclusive
- Adjective:
- Providing privacy or seclusion; sheltered from view or disturbance: Describes a place or environment that is isolated, quiet, and away from others.
- Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude: Describes a person who chooses to live alone, avoiding the company of others.
Adjective (describing a place): The cabin was in a reclusive valley, hidden from the main road.They found a reclusive spot by the lake for their picnic.
Adjective (describing a person): After retiring, the famous author became increasingly reclusive.The reclusive billionaire rarely gives interviews or appears in public.
"Reclusive tendencies": A pattern of behavior where someone consistently prefers to be alone. The artist's reclusive tendencies were well-known, adding to her mysterious public image.
"Lead a reclusive life/existence": To live in a manner characterized by solitude and withdrawal. The hermit chose to lead a reclusive existence in the mountains.
Recluse (n): A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people. The old man was a recluse who was rarely seen in town.
Reclusiveness (n): The quality or state of being reclusive. Her reclusiveness made it difficult for journalists to contact her.
- Solitary: Being, living, or going alone.
- Withdrawn: Not seeking or enjoying the company of others.
- Hermitic: Characterized by ascetic solitude (like a hermit).
- Secluded: (For places) kept away from view of or contact with others.
- Gregarious: Fond of company; sociable.
- Outgoing: Friendly and socially confident.
- Social: Needing the company of others; relating to society.
- providing privacy or seclusion
- the cloistered academic world of books
- sat close together in the sequestered pergola
- sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree
- a secluded romantic spot
- withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
- lived an unsocial reclusive life