HERMIT Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

hermit

noun

ˈhər-mət

Definition of hermit

as in recluse

a person who lives away from others St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace

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Recent Examples of hermit It’s known for outlaws, hermits, drugs, hippies, and an aversion to outsiders — like the much ballyhooed Humboldt County across the Californian border but way more under the radar. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 11 May 2026 According to Greek and Roman mythology, Orion was a nocturnal hermit hunter who was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026 In it, Day-Lewis plays a hermit in the North England woods who’s visited by an old friend (Sean Bean) sent to bring him back to his son. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 Seoul, South Korea — A young teenage girl shrouded in mystery and intrigue could very well be the next leader of the isolated hermit nation North Korea. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hermit

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Noun

United regularly exploited Everton’s 4-1-4-1 system, sending runners down the side of Garner as the solitary No 6 and freeing Rashford in his mismatch up against Rohl.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The pair would work together again on his 1975 film Le Sauvage, co-starring Yves Montand as a man living a solitary on a Caribbean island who becomes entangled with a runaway bride.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of solitary

Noun

However, the brown recluse and black widow spiders do have dangerous venom.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
And over the years, this utopian town, which at the beginning looked great, has completely crumbled into a world of recluses and hoarders.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of recluse

Noun

Molecular testing, something relatively novel at the time, was used to show that isolates recovered from patients, from four powder-containing envelopes, and from environmental samples were indistinguishable, indicating a common source.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026
Confidential computing isolates selected workloads during processing.

— Jeremy Samuelson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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