Hermit

//ˈhɝmɪt//

Synonyms for "hermit" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (33)

Related words (56)

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Translations

130 translations across 48 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • kluisenaar noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • kluisenaar noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μονότροπος noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ἐρημίτης noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ἐρημίτης noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Arabic

1 entries
  • رَاهِب noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Armenian

4 entries
  • անապատական noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • անապատական noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ճգնավոր noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ճգնավոր noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адзіно́тнік noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • адзінотніца noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • пустэ́льнік noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • само́тнік noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • отше́лник noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • отшелник noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Catalan

3 entries
  • colibrí ermità noun (bird)
  • eremita noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ermità noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 隐士 noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • 隱士 /隐士 noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Czech

2 entries
  • poustevník noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • poustevník noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kluizenaar noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • kluizenaar noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • dezertulo noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ermito noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Estonian

4 entries
  • erak noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • erak noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • eremiit noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • üksiklane noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Finnish

3 entries
  • erakko noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • erakko noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • erakkokolibri noun (bird)

French

3 entries
  • ermitane noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ermite noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ermite noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Galician

4 entries
  • anacoreta noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • eremita noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ermitá noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ermitán noun (religious recluse; eremite)

German

4 entries
  • Einsiedler noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • Einsiedler noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • Eremit noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • Klausner noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Greek

2 entries
  • ερημίτης noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ερημίτης noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נזיר noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • remete noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • remete noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • einsetumaður noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • einsetumaður noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • einsetumunkur noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • resi noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • erikko noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Irish

2 entries
  • ancaire noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ancaire noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Italian

3 entries
  • anacoreta noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • eremita noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • eremita noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 仙人 noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • 仙人 noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • 隠者 noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Javanese

1 entries
  • pandhita noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Khmer

3 entries
  • តាបស noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • វិវេកជន noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ឥសិ noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Korean

1 entries
  • 은자 noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Latin

2 entries
  • inclūsus noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • inclūsus noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • о́тшелник noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • отшелник noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • пу́стиник noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Māori

3 entries
  • eremita noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • moke noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • moke noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Navajo

1 entries
  • tsintah dahiitį́hii noun (bird)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • eremitt noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Old English

2 entries
  • ānsetla noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ānsetla noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Persian

2 entries
  • راهب noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • گوشهگیر noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Polish

4 entries
  • anachoreta noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • eremita noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • odludek noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • pustelnica noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • eremita noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • eremita noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ermitão noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ermitão noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Russian

4 entries
  • затво́рник noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • затво́рник noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • отше́льник noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • отше́льник noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • aonaran noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • aonaran noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • pustinjak noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • rimitu noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • rimitu noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Slovak

4 entries
  • anachorét noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • anachoréta noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • eremita noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • pustovník noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Spanish

4 entries
  • botarga noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ermitaño noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ermitaño noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ermitaño noun (bird)

Swedish

2 entries
  • enstöring noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • eremit noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Thai

1 entries
  • นักบวช noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Turkish

1 entries
  • keşiş noun (religious recluse; eremite)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • пусте́льник noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • само́тник noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • самі́тник noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nhà ẩn dật noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • nhà ẩn dật noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)
  • ẩn sĩ noun (religious recluse; eremite)
  • ẩn sĩ noun (recluse; someone who lives alone)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The hermit lived in a wooden hut.

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There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.

Source: tatoeba (401895)

Tom is a hermit.

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A hermit is a person who lives in a simple way apart from others especially for religious reasons.

Source: tatoeba (2450132)

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