1. (

• recluse ,
• reclusive ,
• withdrawn

) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" ;

2. (

• cloistered ,
• reclusive ,
• secluded ,
• sequestered

) 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" ;