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Synonyms for hermit
ˈhɜr mɪther·mit

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Wiktionary1.9 / 9 votes

  1. hermitnoun

    Synonyms:
    eremite

  2. hermitnoun

    A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.

    Synonyms:
    eremite

  3. hermitnoun

    A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.

    Synonyms:
    eremite

  4. hermitnoun

    A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

    Synonyms:
    eremite

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 5 votes

  1. anchorite, hermitnoun

    one retired from society for religious reasons

    Synonyms:
    solitudinarian, solitary, recluse, troglodyte, anchorite

  2. hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodytenoun

    one who lives in solitude

    Synonyms:
    caveman, troglodyte, recluse, solitary, anchorite, cave man, solitudinarian, cave dweller, solitary confinement

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hermitnoun

    Synonyms:
    anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitary, solitaire, EREMITE

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. hermitnoun

    Synonyms:
    recluse, anchoret, anchorite, eremite, solitary, cenobite

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hermit":

    loner, solitaire, lonely, solitary

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Hermit":

    Kevin Daniels

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#7584lonely
#12519solitaire
#19800solitary
#29335hermit
#43791caveman
#57596loner
#59229recluse
#156162troglodyte
#278982anchorite

How to use hermit in a sentence?

  1. Charles Cooley:

    The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

  2. Atsushi Sogabe:

    I thought that the hermit crab that had invaded the inside of the tire could not escape due to the recurved inner structure of the tire and consequently die, i wanted to prove this to Atsushi Sogabe.

  3. David Sischo:

    For a snail he was a little bit of a hermit, i very rarely saw him outside of his shell.

  4. Jean Cocteau:

    If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

  5. Konstantin Gorozhanko:

    He's like a hermit.


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