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- [si-kloo-did]
- /sɪˈklu dɪd/
- /sɪˈkluː.dɪd/
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- [si-kloo-did]
- /sɪˈklu dɪd/
Definitions of secluded word
- adjective secluded sheltered or screened from general activity, view, etc.: a secluded cottage. 1
- adjective secluded withdrawn from or involving little human or social activity: a secluded life. 1
- verb with object secluded to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc. 1
- verb with object secluded to isolate; shut off; keep apart: They secluded the garden from the rest of the property. 1
- adjective secluded place: hidden, secret 1
- adjective secluded away from others 1
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Origin of secluded
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; seclude + -ed2
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Parts of speech for Secluded
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
secluded popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for secluded
adj secluded
- aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
noun secluded
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
adjective secluded
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- deadend — Alternative spelling of dead-end.
- emeritus — (of the former holder of an office, esp. a college professor) Having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor.
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
verb secluded
- closeted — If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them.
- compartmentalized — separated into several discrete areas
- enisled — Placed alone or apart, as if on an island.
Antonyms for secluded
adj secluded
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- grouper — any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, especially of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- hermitic — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
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