Synonyms for reclusive
rɪˈklu sɪv, -zɪvreclu·sive

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1. reclusiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   hermit, withdrawn, -like

2. reclusiveadjective

   Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.

   Synonyms:
   withdrawn, -like, hermit

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1. recluse, reclusive, withdrawnadjective

   withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

   "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

   Synonyms:
   withdrawn, sequestered, cloistered, indrawn, secluded, recluse

   Antonyms:
   public, social

2. cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequesteredadjective

   providing privacy or seclusion

   "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

   Synonyms:
   cloistral, secluded, privy, conventual, recluse, cloistered, sequestered, monastical, monastic, secret, withdrawn

   Antonyms:
   social, public

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1. List of paraphrases for "reclusive":

   isolated

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1. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan:

   We have a very reclusive family. Obviously we've canvassed the neighborhood, spoken to people who've lived there for years and years. Neighbors have related to us that they've never met members of this family.

2. The Times story:

   In New York, Searching for the Reclusive and Elusive Melania Trump.

3. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan:

   The elements of this case are odd, at best, we have a very reclusive family. Obviously we've canvassed the neighborhood, spoken to people who've lived there for years and years. Neighbors have related to us that they've never met members of this family.

4. Ry Cooder:

   People have all sorts of expectations which you can't meet. Me, I'm so reclusive I stay away from such things as much as I can. I never go anywhere.

5. Yong Ho:

   (His father) Kim Jong Il was very reclusive. He didn't like meeting foreign delegations, and he didn't really enjoy going to foreign countries, but Kim Jong Un is a bit like Kim Il Sung. He really likes overseas activity.