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hermitlike

hermitlike

7.5
Prefers to live alone and avoids other people
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɜrmɪtˌlaɪk/
translation icon : hermitaño
  • Living in a small cabin away from the city, he embraced a hermitlike existence, finding peace in his isolation.

Examples

  • He roamed the world, losing himself at times in the vilest debauchery and at times dwelling alone and hermitlike in the wilderness of this world for decades on end.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • She preferred a hermitlike lifestyle, spending most of her days reading in quiet corners of her home.

  • After years of solitude in the mountains, he had become quite hermitlike, rarely seeing anyone but the occasional hiker.

Synonyms

lone
vshermitlike
176 2.7

By itself with no other people or things nearby

is a sustained withdrawn way of life, sometimes for spiritual reasons
lonely
vshermitlike
83 1.0

Choosing to be alone or living by oneself

is a long term solitary lifestyle often involving withdrawal for spiritual reasons
reclusive
vshermitlike
24 7.4

Tends to live alone and avoid other people

is solitary and may include religious reasons rather than just preference
cloistered
vshermitlike
3 8.7

Living apart from other people and the outside world, often in a quiet place

is solitary in general, not specifically within a religious institution
hermitical
vshermitlike
9.9

Living alone and quietly for religious or spiritual reasons, like a monk

is solitary but not necessarily motivated by religion
hermitic
vshermitlike
9.9

Living alone and simply, often for religious or spiritual reasons

is solitary without the strict ascetic or ritual focus
anchoritic
vshermitlike
  • Archaic
9.9

Living alone for religious reasons to pray

is solitary but need not be for religious purposes
eremitical
vshermitlike
9.9

Living alone in a quiet place away from other people

is solitary and sometimes driven by religious motives
eremitic
vshermitlike
9.9

Living alone and avoiding contact with other people, often for religious reasons

is solitary but can also imply spiritual or religious motives
seclusive
vshermitlike
7.7

A person who prefers to be alone or a place that gives privacy

is personal solitary living often for spiritual or chosen withdrawal

Antonyms

21 1.6

Enjoying being with other people and making friends

How Solitary

hermitlike
7.5
reclusive
24 7.4
solitary
191 4.6

Surface Forms

hermitlike positive

Morphology

hermitlike = hermit (transparent) = hermit + like

The productive adjectival suffix '-like' added to 'hermit' yields the clear meaning 'resembling a hermit'.

Etymology

Hermitlike is made of hermit and -like, where hermit once named people who lived alone, often in the desert for religious reasons. So hermitlike means 'living alone or quietly, like a hermit'.