Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class.
Source: tatoeba (1970)
Recluse
//ɹɪˈkluːs//
Synonyms for "recluse" (80 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μονότροπος noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Arabic
1 entries- حبيس noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отшелник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 遁世者 noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- 隐士 noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Czech
2 entries- poustevník noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- samotář noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Dutch
1 entries- kluizenaar noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Finnish
1 entries- erakko noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
French
2 entries- reclus noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- recluse noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
German
4 entries- Eigenbrötler noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- Einsiedler noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- Eremit noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- Sonderling noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Greek
3 entries- αναχωρητής noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- ερημίτης noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- μονόχνωτος noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Hungarian
1 entries- remete noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Irish
2 entries- ancaire noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- aonarán noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Macedonian
2 entries- о́тшелник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- пу́стиник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Māori
2 entries- heremita noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- moke noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eremitt noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Old English
1 entries- ānsetla noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Portuguese
1 entries- recluso noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Russian
3 entries- затво́рник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- отше́льник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- сыч noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aonaran noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Spanish
4 entries- ermitaño noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- reclusado noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- recluso noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- solitario noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Telugu
2 entries- తపస్వి noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- తపస్విని noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Turkish
1 entries- münzevi noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відлю́дник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- затво́рник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- затві́рник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
- самі́тник noun (a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Source: tatoeba (413869)
There's a brown recluse spider in the attic.
Source: tatoeba (1555377)
Tom is a recluse.
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