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- pronunciation:
- re
klus
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rih
klus
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others.
The billionaire Howard Hughes spent the last years of his life as an ailing and eccentric recluse.
- synonyms:
- hermit, loner, solitary
- similar words:
- anchorite, ascetic, eremite, lone wolf, monastic, monk, nun, stylite, troglodyte
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| related words: |
hermit, monastic |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
separate from society; in seclusion.
- synonyms:
- cloistered, secluded, sequestered
- similar words:
- alone, antisocial, isolated, lonely, monastic, separate, solitary
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| derivation: |
reclusive (adj.) |
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