🦀hermit

Meaning

A person who lives alone and apart from society, often for religious or spiritual reasons.

a person living in solitude as a religious discipline; someone who withdraws from society

Example Sentences

The old hermit lived in a cave for decades.

The old hermit lived alone in a small cabin deep in the mountains, away from civilization.

Example Expressions

hermit crab

Synonyms

recluse, loner, ascetic, solitary, anchorite

Entry 1

recluse, loner, ascetic, solitary, anchorite

Entry 2

recluse, ascetic, solitary, loner

Antonyms

socialite, extrovert, companion, community person, gregarious person

Entry 1

socialite, extrovert, companion

Entry 2

socialite, extrovert, community person, gregarious person

Collocations

religious hermit, cave hermit, hermit lifestyle, mountain hermit, old hermit

Entry 1

religious hermit, cave hermit, hermit lifestyle

Entry 2

mountain hermit, religious hermit, old hermit