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Main Entry:
monastic [muh-nas-tik]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: with communal life
Synonyms: ascetic, austere, celibate, contemplative, monkish, oblate, reclusive, secluded, solitary
Main Entry: monk
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: man who devotes life to contemplation of god
Synonyms: abbot, anchorite, ascetic, brother, cenobite, eremite, friar, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary
Notes: the difference between a monk and a friar is that friars get out and do not stay in monasteries
Main Entry: recluse/reclusive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hermitlike, unsociable
Synonyms: antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, eremetic, hermetic, isolated, misanthropic, monastic, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn
Antonyms: extroverted, friendly, sociable
Main Entry: reclusive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsociable
Synonyms: antisocial, ascetic, cloistered, eremitic, hermetic, hermit-like, isolated, misanthropic, monastic, recluse, reserved, retiring, secluded, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, solitary, standoffish, withdrawn
Antonyms: gregarious, sociable
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