shut-in

Nouns

  • (n) someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury invalid,

Verbs

  • (v) surround completely
    • Darkness enclosed him
    • They closed in the porch with a fence
    inclose, close in, enclose,

Synonyms

inclose close in enclose introvertish invalid homebound housebound

Words of close approximity

shut up