secluded

[si-kloo-did]

adjective

1. sheltered or screened from general activity, view, etc..

   a secluded cottage.

   Synonyms: secret, retired, private

2. withdrawn from or involving little human or social activity.

   a secluded life.

   Synonyms: withdrawn, solitary, sheltered, isolated, cloistered, alone

secluded

/ sɪˈkluːdɪd /

adjective

1. kept apart from the company of others

   a secluded life

2. sheltered; private

Other Word Forms

• secludedly adverb
• secludedness noun
• nonsecluded adjective
• nonsecludedly adverb
• nonsecludedness noun
• unsecluded adjective
• unsecludedly adverb
• well-secluded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of secluded¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; seclude + -ed ²

Example Sentences

As such, when Robbie makes Tom drive to a secluded, wooded area, we register the anxious edge in this situation.

From Salon

The trail feels like a hidden urban oasis, secluded yet right in the middle of everything.

From Salon

The skeletal remains of a man who went missing six years ago were found by a walker in a secluded area in south Wales, an inquest has heard.

From BBC

Clandestine officers - under operation name Mayland - followed him to regular liaisons at a secluded woodland patch of land near the busy M4 motorway where several drugs exchanges were caught on camera.

From BBC

Club founder Nandi Owolo, 30, watched the revelry from a secluded lounge chair, sitting for the first time all day, and marveled at what her little club had become.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• cloistered 
• deserted 
• hidden 
• lonely 
• quiet 
• remote 
• uninhabited