Synonyms for seclusion
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Solitude — the state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude
solitude, isolation, loneliness, aloneness, separation, solitariness, loneness dated
2. Privacy
privateness, privacy dated
Other
retirement, secrecy, sequestration, reclusion, recess dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
- n. 2
The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
Forms
- Plural
- seclusions → solitudes, isolations, lonelinesses, alonenesses…
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In seclusion one shuts himself away from the society of all except intimate friends or attendants; in solitude no other person is present. While seclusion is ordinarily voluntary, solitude may be enforced; we speak of the solitude rather than the seclusion of a prisoner.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- isolation I find peace in isolation rather than socializing.
- loneliness Loneliness and being alone are not the same thing.
- solitude He likes to spend some time in solitude every day.
- aloneness Aloneness is not quite the same as loneliness.
- retirement Nevertheless, many are choosing early retirement.
- secrecy I don't understand what all the secrecy is for.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| seclusion | rising | |
| isolation | steady | |
| loneliness | rising | |
| solitude | rising | |
| aloneness | rising | |
| retirement | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- recess2
- 7 letters
- privacy3, secrecy3
- 8 letters
- solitude3, loneness
- 9 letters
- isolation4, aloneness, reclusion
- 10 letters
- retirement4, separation4, loneliness3
- 11 letters
- privateness
- 12 letters
- solitariness5
- 13 letters
- sequestration4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recess2 = 2 syllables).
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