8 definitions found for secluded

Secluded SECLU'DED, pp. Separated from others; living in retirement; shut out.

secluded adj 1: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden" [syn: privy, secluded, secret] 2: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" [syn: cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered]

secluded adjective Date: 1604 1. screened or hidden from view ; sequestered <a secluded valley> 2. living in seclusion ; solitary <secluded monks> • secludedly adverb • secludedness noun

secluded A secluded place is quiet and private. We were tucked away in a secluded corner of the room... We found a secluded beach a few miles further on. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Seclude Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Secluding.] [L. secludere, seclusum pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.] 1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others. Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. --Thomson. 2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] --Evelyn. -- Se*clud"ed*ly, adv. -- Se*clud"ed*ness, n.

secluded a. Retired, withdrawn, close, sequestered, isolated, private.

secluded sɪˈklu:dɪd adj. 1 private, separate, isolated, lonely, cloistered, sequestered, detached, solitary, retired, eremitic, monastic: He lives a very secluded life on an island in the Outer Hebrides. 2 off the beaten track, out-of-the-way, remote, far-away, far-off, separate, segregated, private: He chose a secluded island in the Outer Hebrides for his vacation.

115 Moby Thesaurus words for "secluded": abstruse, alone, anonymous, apart, at rest, beclouded, blind, buried, calm, cloistered, close, closet, clouded, concealed, cool, covered, covert, detached, dwindling, ebbing, eclipsed, eremitic, even-tenored, far-off, halcyon, hermetic, hid, hidden, hushed, impassive, in a backwater, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah, in the wings, incognito, incommunicado, inmost, innermost, insular, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, latent, lonely, moldering, monastic, mysterious, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, out-of-the-way, out-of-the-world, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, personal, placid, private, privy, quarantined, quiescent, quiet, recluse, recondite, remote, removed, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, retired, screened, secluse, seclusive, secret, segregated, separate, separated, sequestered, sequestrated, sheltered, shut off, shy, smooth, solitary, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest, under wraps, underground, undisturbed, unfrequented, unknown, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, unvisited, waning, withdrawn, wrapped in clouds