recluse

Other forms of recluse

plural

recluses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about recluse

What does recluse mean?

recluse means "one who lives in solitude". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in recluse?

recluse has 2 syllables: re-cluse. The stress falls on "cluse". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈklus/.

What is another word for recluse?

Close synonyms include hermit, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte, reclusive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is recluse a common word?

recluse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.