Reclusive

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation.
  • adj. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Affording retirement from society.
  • adj. Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse{1}; not sociable; -- of people.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Affording retirement from soeiety; recluse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. providing privacy or seclusion
  • adj. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
  • Equivalent
    private    unsocial   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    withdrawn    hermit    -like   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abusive    allusive    collusive    conclusive    conducive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    secretive    self-made    stingy    neurotic    dim-witted