C2adjectiverelationshipssociety
US/rɪˈkluː.sɪv/
UK/rɪˈkluː.sɪv/
preferring to live alone and avoid meeting or talking to other people
In context
The reclusive writer has not given an interview in over thirty years.
After his wife died, he became increasingly reclusive and rarely left the house.
Snow leopards are reclusive animals that are very hard to photograph.
Words that go with reclusive
adjective + noun
- reclusive billionaireThe reclusive billionaire has never been photographed in public.
- reclusive writerFans waited for years for a new book from the reclusive writer.
- reclusive lifeShe lived a reclusive life in a small village by the sea.
- reclusive lifestyleHis reclusive lifestyle made him a mystery to his neighbors.
adverb + adjective
- increasingly reclusiveIn his last years, the actor became increasingly reclusive.
- notoriously reclusiveThe notoriously reclusive singer rarely appears in public.