reclusive

/rih-KLOO-siv/adjective

avoiding the company of other people; solitary

The reclusive author declined every interview for decades.
Synonyms
solitary, hermitic, withdrawn
Antonyms
gregarious, sociable
Memory hook
recluse: shut away by choice.

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