Cloistered

Synonyms for "cloistered" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Adjective(7 words)

monastic reclusive secluded cloistral confidential confine conventual

anchoriticat restbarred beleaguered beset besieged blockaded bound cabined caged calm claustral closed-in confined conventical conventual cool

Noun(2 words)

benedictine cloistering

Strong matches (39)

cooped cordonedcordoned offcorralled cramped cribbed detained domestic dwindling ebbing enclosed eremitic even-tenored fenced halcyon hedged hemmedhemmed inhermitic hermitish

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hushed immured impassive impounded imprisonedin confinementincarcerated isolated jailedkept inleaguered mewed moldering monachal

Adjective(5 words)

enclose hermetic immure insular isolate

Related words (64)

monasterial monastic pacific paled peaceable peaceful penned pentpent uppent-up placid quarantined quiescent quiet railed recluse reposeful reposing restful resting

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restrained restricted secluded separate sequestered sequestrated shelteredshut inshut upshut-in smooth solitarystay-at-homestillstill as deathstillish stilly stoic stolid subsiding tranquil unagitatedunder restraintundisturbed unmoved unperturbed unruffled unstirring untroubled walled walled-in waning

Adjective(11 words)

monastic lifemonastical private protectedreligious orderrestricted retire retiring seclude sequestered withdraw

Noun(1 words)

monastic robe

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

adjective descriptormovement restrictionwithdrawal from society

More specific

10 entries

confidential archiveimmure imprisonmonastic retreatmonastic spaceprivate liferestricted accessrestricted datasetretire seclusion

Collocations

8 entries

behind cloistered wallscloister wallscloistered academic settingcloistered environmentcloistered lifecloistered retreatcloistered spacecloistering practices

Inflections

4 entries

cloistering cloistersmore cloisteredmost cloistered

Derivations

6 entries

cloister cloisteredly cloisteredness cloisterer cloistering cloistral

similar

2 entries

private unworldly

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.

Source: wiktionary

In cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.

Source: wiktionary

[…]“The Vegan” is a less cloistered book, with bigger, more universal themes.

Source: wiktionary

both the Greeks and Romans […]had commonly two cloiſtered open Courts, one serving for the Womens ſide, and the other for the Men

Source: wiktionary

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