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Synonyms for seclusive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : si-kloo-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈklu sɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for seclusive Other synonyms for the word seclusive
- alone
- aloof
- antagonistic
- antisocial
- ascetic
- beleaguered
- blockaded
- chill
- cloistered
- cloistral
- close
- closet
- cold
- confidential
- confined
- cool
- covert
- cut off
- distant
- emotionless
- eremetic
- eremitic
- hermetic
- hermit-like
- hermitic
- hostile
- inaccessible
- incommunicado
- indifferent
- inimical
- insular
- insulated
- isolate
- isolated
- lonesome
- misanthropic
- monastic
- off the beaten track
- out-of-the-way
- personal
- private
- quarantined
- recluse
- reclusive
- removed
- reserved
- restricted
- retired
- retiring
- screened
- secluded
- secluse
- seclusive
- secret
- segregated
- sequestered
- shielded
- shut off
- shy
- singular
- solitary
- standoffish
- tucked away
- unapproachable
- unemotional
- unfrequented
- unsociable
- withdrawn
Définition of seclusive
Origin :- 1743, from Latin seclus-, past participle stem of secludere (see seclude) + -ive. Related: Seclusively; seclusiveness.
- As in recluse/reclusive : adj hermitlike, unsociable
- As in secluded : adj isolated, sheltered
- As in reclusive : adj unsociable
- As in screened : adj secluded
- As in cloistered : adj secluded
- As in glacial : adj unfriendly
- While waiting for autumn to restore to his forehead its superb palmated adornments, he was haughty and seclusive.
- Extract from : « The Kindred of the Wild » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- "Strong regressive and seclusive tendencies," Bassett explained, solemnly.
- Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
- German thought has run in the seclusive channel of the academic library to the lack and loss of civic consciousness.
- Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
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