SECLUDED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

si-ˈklü-dəd

Definition of secluded

as in sheltered

screened or sequestered from view we stayed in a secluded resort, far away from the regular tourist crowds

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verb

past tense of seclude

as in isolated

to set or keep apart from others the patients will be secluded until they are no longer contagious

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Recent Examples of secluded

Adjective

Seated on the quieter, south end of the beach, this is a remarkably secluded alcove made for retreat. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 Oh, and living upstairs in a secluded environment is Ultron (James Spader). — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

Verb

While secluded in the hills off of a winding dirt road, the resort is just minutes away from the Dripping Springs local scene of breweries, wineries, and distilleries. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026 Children could be restrained and secluded for violent behavior. — Charles Bell, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for secluded

Recent Examples of Synonyms for secluded

Adjective

The western monarch butterfly is also on the move, heading toward sheltered areas along the California coast.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The sheltered conditions of the oyamel forest are critical to the butterflies’ survival.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of sheltered

Verb

Another complainant, Rosana Vaccon, said she was isolated from her family and never received letters from her mother informing her of her father’s serious illness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
But work is still isolated to a 119-mile portion of the Central Valley, and there is no construction date set to start elsewhere on the line.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of isolated

Verb

Beckman portrayed the first lady's work on the ceasefire as an extension of her efforts to help reunite Russian and Ukrainian children with their families after they were separated by Russia's war against Ukraine.

— BEN FINLEY, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Her parents had recently separated, and her mother, Alta Apantenco, was working as a waitress to support herself and her young daughter.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of separated

Adjective

Working with Israeli journalist David Sheen, the filmmakers seek to track down the suspects, and in one upsetting sequence, Sheen goes undercover in Israel, wearing glasses with a hidden camera to meet Fuchs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The hidden bottleneck Electric motors are efficient, but not perfectly so.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of hidden

Adjective

The Daily Express, which first reported the investigation, said the inquiries related to claims that women were trafficked to the king’s private estate in the Scottish Highlands.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
When the heavy hand of government borrowing reduces private investment, jobs are at stake.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of private

Adjective

The performances range from Sara Bareilles to Johnny Cash songs to unexpected tearjerkers, but the night’s real draw is a welcoming room where people share their sorrows, feel less lonely and build friendships.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Many of society’s loneliest and most attention-starved members become its most desperate and violent.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of lonely

Adjective

Zelenskyy did not mention the ceasefire in Oleshky during a remote appearance at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, on Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Related Stories The road movie follows two casting directors into the remote reaches of Mexico, where their search for natural actors for a sci-fi film becomes an unsettling journey into their own fears, biases and preconceptions.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026

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