Hermit

Quick meaning: Hermit is a noun meaning A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
2. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
3. A hermit crab.
4. Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.

Example Sentences

Millie told him he sounded like some batty hermit who lived in a cave.

Solitary the thrush, / The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, / Sings by himself a song.

Because hermits are decapods and do not live within their own shells, they are not considered to be true crabs.

Word Forms

• hermits
• heremit
• heremite

Synonyms for hermit

Depending on context, synonyms include anchorite, eremite, aloner, anchoret, monk, recluse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anchorite, recluse, troglodyte, solitary, solitaire, loner.

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