reclusive
/rih-KLOO-siv/adjectiveavoiding 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- solitary, hermitic, withdrawn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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