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Another word for alone

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Adjective

  1. Lacking the company of others

    See also:

    include

  2. Set away from all others

    See also:

    include

  3. Without equal or rival

    See also:

    same

Adverb

  1. Without the presence or aid of another

    Idioms:
    See also:

    include

  2. To the exclusion of anyone or anything else

    See also:

    include

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Another word for alone

Modifier

  1. Separate from others

    Antonyms:

  2. Exclusive of others

    See also:

    only

  3. Unique

    See also:

    unique

Idioms:

    let-alone

    2. let-alone

  2. ignore, leave to oneself, isolate, refrain from disturbing;

      • let well enough alone

    Synonym Study

    • Lonesome suggests a longing or yearning for companionship, often for a particular person the child is lonesome for her mother
    • Lonely conveys a heightened sense of solitude and gloom the lonely sentinel walks his post
    • Solitary and the more poetic lone convey the same sense but suggest more strongly the lack of companionship or association a solitary tree in the meadow a lone wanderer
    • Alone , unqualified, denotes the simple fact of being by oneself or itself
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    Sentence Examples

    • Being alone didn't seem so bad to me after all.

    • I spoke to her alone for twenty minutes.

    • One cold winter night I was alone in my room.

    • She was alone in Ashley with no money.

    • I was alone, back in New York, on a totally secure line.

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