Synonyms for hermit
Definitions
- n. 1
A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
Related words
- Word family
- hermitage hermit-crow hermitic hermitical hermetically hermitism hermitness hermitry
- Phrases
- garden hermit hermit crab ornamental hermit thinstripe hermit thinstripe hermit crab
Forms
- Plural
- hermits → solitaries, monks, ascetics, shut-ins…
Example sentences
- monk William of Ockham was an English Franciscan monk.
- solitary Bruno spends his birthday in solitary confinement.
- ascetic I may be an ascetic, but I appreciate a good meal.
By length
- 4 letters
- monk1
- 5 letters
- loner2
- 7 letters
- recluse2, ascetic3, eremite
- 8 letters
- solitary4, cenobite
- 9 letters
- solitaire3, anchorite, coenobite
- 10 letters
- troglodyte
- 14 letters
- solitudinarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loner2 = 2 syllables).