Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cloister

2 senses of cloister

Sense 1
religious residence, cloister -- (residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery))
       => residence -- (the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence")

Sense 2
cloister -- (a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions))
       => court, courtyard -- (an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cloister

3 senses of cloister

Sense 1
cloister -- (surround with a cloister, as of a garden)
       => surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")

Sense 2
cloister -- (surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden")
       => surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")

Sense 3
cloister -- (seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office")
       => isolate, insulate -- (place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates")