Converse of object

• become: A solitary woman who lives her life through the letters she writes, she becomes a recluse.

• see: But here we see no recluse beaten down by defeat and rejection.

• name: At one time, the house and estate belonged to a rich, but rather eccentric recluse named Henry Oakley.

• remain: He remained a recluse for a long time unable to face the neighbors or answer their questions.

• live: He moved to London and lived a recluse until his death.

• find: The only brown recluse found in the Northwest was in Prosser, Wash. , in 1978 when a moving van brought it in.

Adjective modifier

• eccentric: The 5th Duke was an eccentric recluse, who shunned visitors.

• virtual: The stigma of mental illness made me a virtual recluse.

• religious: Hopeful Wills In 1976, a religious recluse left his estate to Jesus Christ in the event of a second coming.

• brown: A brown recluse shifted, ready to spring from an old scrap of oak I angled through the iron doors onto the coals.

• isolated: Kicked out of the army, he becomes an isolated recluse in a drugs infested London estate.

• total: The thing is I really need to get a hold of this fear before I become a total recluse.

Modifies a noun

• spider: For years, brown recluse spiders have been blamed for bites on humans and pets, but brown recluse spiders don't live here.

Noun used with modifier

• weirdo: Cover story: ' I'm not some weirdo recluse ' After more than a decade in the wilderness, Kate Bush is back.