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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

isolated from society, in solitude;

e.g. She was reclusive whenever a book was in her hand.

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Similar Words

Aloof

Antisocial

Apathetic

Asocial

Buttoned-up

Clinical

Cold

Cold-eyed

Cool

Detached

Diffident

Disinterested

Dispassionate

Distant

Dry

Frosty

Hard

Impersonal

Incurious

Indifferent

Indrawn

Insociable

Introverted

Misanthropic

Nongregarious

Nonsocial

Professional

Recessive

Remote

Reserved

Reticent

Semi-independent

Semiautonomous

Shy

Silent

Standoffish

Taciturn

Timid

Unbending

Uncommunicative

Unconcerned

Uninterested

Uninvolved

Unsociable

Unsocial

Withdrawn

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Opposite Words

Affable

Agreeable

Amiable

Boon

Busy

Busyness

Clubby

Colonial

Communicative

Companionable

Congenial

Convivial

Cordial

Expansive

Extroverted

Folksy

Friendly

Garrulous

Gracious

Gregarious

Hospitable

Intrusive

Kindly

Meddlesome

Neighborly

Nosy

Obtrusive

Officious

Outgoing

Parasitic

Presumptuous

Protrusive

Prying

Pushing

Pushy

Snoopy

Sociable

Social

Subsocial

Superserviceable

Symbiotic

Talkative

Warm

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Related Words

Aloof

Antisocial

Asocial

Buttoned-up

Cloistered

Cold

Cold-eyed

Cool

Covert

Detached

Distant

Dry

Frosty

Hidden

Isolated

Quiet

Quieter

Remote

Retired

Secluded

Secret

Standoff

Standoffish

Unbending

Unsociable

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