Synonyms of the word

hermit

• n. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
• n. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
• n. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
• n. A hermit crab.

anchorite

• n. One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.

eremite

• n. A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.

loner

• n. One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

recluse

• adj. (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
• adj. (now rare) Hidden, secret.
• n. A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes;…
• n. (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
• n. (US) A brown recluse spider.
• v. (obsolete) To shut; to seclude.

solitary

• n. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
• n. (uncountable) solitary confinement.
• adj. Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
• adj. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
• adj. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.
• adj. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still;…
• adj. Single; individual; sole.
• adj. (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
• n. (archaic) The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct flightless bird.

solitudinarian

• n. (archaic) One who remains solitary.

troglodyte

• n. A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
• n. (by extension) Anything that lives underground.
• n. A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.
• n. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
• n. (computing) A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware.