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lone
Being the only one; sole:
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  1. Being the only one; sole:
  2. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
  3. (Archaic) single; unmarried, or in widowhood
separate
Existing or considered as an independent entity:
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  1. Existing or considered as an independent entity:
  2. Having undergone schism or estrangement from a parent body:
  3. Not associated or connected with others; having existence as an entity; distinct; individual
isolated
Characterized by little social contact:
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  1. Characterized by little social contact:
  2. Occasional or rare:
  3. Set apart; separate; solitary
unmarried
Not married; having no spouse.
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  1. Not married; having no spouse.
  2. Having no husband or wife.
lone
Sole; being the only one of a type.
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  1. Sole; being the only one of a type.
  2. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
  3. (Archaic) single; unmarried, or in widowhood
lonesome
Having or causing a lonely feeling
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  1. Having or causing a lonely feeling
  2. Producing such dejection:
  3. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely
single
Consisting of one part, aspect, or section:
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  1. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section:
  2. Not divided; unbroken:
  3. Honest; undisguised:
lonely
Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
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  1. Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
  2. Of person, without companions; solitary.
  3. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
solitary
(Botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
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  1. (Botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
  2. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
  3. Single; individual; sole.
lonesome
Producing such dejection:
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  1. Producing such dejection:
  2. Having or causing a lonely feeling
  3. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely
deserted
Uninhabited:
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  1. Uninhabited:
  2. Abandoned
  3. No longer occupied or used; abandoned:
forlorn
Without hope; desperate
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  1. Without hope; desperate
  2. Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
  3. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
lorn
(Old Poet.) Forsaken, forlorn, bereft, or desolate
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  1. (Old Poet.) Forsaken, forlorn, bereft, or desolate
  2. (Archaic) abandoned, lonely, forlorn
  3. (Obs.) Lost, ruined, or undone
individual
Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human:
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  1. Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human:
  2. Existing as a single, separate thing or being; single; separate; particular
  3. Existing as a distinct entity; separate:
forsaken
Abandoned; desolate; forlorn
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  1. Abandoned; desolate; forlorn
desolate
Left alone; lonely; solitary
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  1. Left alone; lonely; solitary
  2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
  3. Made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state
detached
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
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  1. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
  2. Standing apart from others; separate:
  3. Not connected; separate
unaccompanied
Not accompanied
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  1. Not accompanied
  2. (Music) performed or scored without accompaniment; solo
  3. Going or acting without companions or a companion:
abandoned
Given up; forsaken; deserted
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  1. Given up; forsaken; deserted
  2. (Geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
  3. Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
secluded
Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
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  1. Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
  2. Hidden, isolated, remote.
  3. Shut off or kept apart from others; isolated; withdrawn
apart
Separated; not together
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  1. Separated; not together
  2. Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate:
unassisted
Not having assistance; unaided.
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  1. Not having assistance; unaided.
  2. Not assisted; without assistance
  3. (Sports) Performed or accomplished by only one player; done without an assist:
unaided
Without the help, aid or assistance of someone or something
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  1. Without the help, aid or assistance of someone or something
  2. Carried out or functioning without aid or assistance:
single-handed
Without help from others; unassisted.
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  1. Without help from others; unassisted.
  2. Without aid or assistance; alone.
  3. Using or requiring the use of only one hand
single
Consisting of one part, aspect, or section:
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  1. Consisting of one part, aspect, or section:
  2. Not divided; unbroken:
  3. Honest; undisguised:
unattached
Not joined, especially to surrounding tissue.
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  1. Not joined, especially to surrounding tissue.
  2. Not committed to or dependent on another person or group.
  3. Not connected with any particular group, institution, etc.; independent
solo
Performing a solo
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  1. Performing a solo
  2. Made or done by a single individual.
  3. (Music) Composed, arranged for, or performed by a single voice or instrument.
unparalleled
That has no parallel, equal, or counterpart; unmatched
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  1. That has no parallel, equal, or counterpart; unmatched
  2. Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.
  3. Without parallel, equal, or match; unequaled.
unexampled
Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.
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  1. Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.
  2. Having no precedent, parallel, or similar case; unprecedented
  3. Without precedent; unparalleled:
unequaled
Not equaled; unmatched; unrivaled; supreme
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  1. Not equaled; unmatched; unrivaled; supreme
  2. Not matched or paralleled by others of its kind; unrivaled.
  3. Unmatched, superlative, the best ever done, record setting.
lonely
Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
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  1. Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
  2. Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.
  3. Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary:
solitary
Happening, done, or made alone:
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  1. Happening, done, or made alone:
  2. Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
  3. Single; individual; sole.
unaccompanied
Not accompanied
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  1. Not accompanied
  2. Going or acting without companions or a companion:
  3. (Music) performed or scored without accompaniment; solo
apart
Separated; not together
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  1. Separated; not together
  2. Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate:
detached
Not connected; separate
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  1. Not connected; separate
  2. Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
  3. Standing apart from others; separate:
isolate
Of or relating to someone or something that is set apart
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  1. Of or relating to someone or something that is set apart
  2. Separated from others:
isolated
Characterized by little social contact:
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  1. Characterized by little social contact:
  2. Occasional or rare:
  3. Set apart; separate; solitary
lone
Being the only one; sole:
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  1. Being the only one; sole:
  2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
  3. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
removed
Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
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  1. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
  2. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
  3. Of a different generation, older or younger
solitary
Happening, done, or made alone:
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  1. Happening, done, or made alone:
  2. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
  3. Single and set apart from others:
incomparable
Beyond comparison; unequaled; matchless
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  1. Beyond comparison; unequaled; matchless
  2. Being such that comparison is impossible; incommensurable.
  3. Having no common basis of comparison; incommensurable
matchless
Having no mate.
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  1. Having no mate.
  2. Having no match; without equal.
  3. Having no match or equal; unsurpassed:
nonpareil
Unequaled; unrivaled; peerless
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  1. Unequaled; unrivaled; peerless
  2. Having no equal; peerless:
only
Alone in a category.
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  1. Alone in a category.
  2. Most suitable of all; superior or excellent:
  3. Alone in its or their superiority; best; finest
peerless
Without equal; unrivaled
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  1. Without equal; unrivaled
  2. Being such as to have no match; incomparable.
  3. Without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best.
singular
Peculiar; strange; odd
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  1. Peculiar; strange; odd
  2. Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable:
  3. Strange or unusual:
unequaled
Not equaled; unmatched; unrivaled; supreme
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  1. Not equaled; unmatched; unrivaled; supreme
  2. Not matched or paralleled by others of its kind; unrivaled.
  3. Unmatched, superlative, the best ever done, record setting.
unexampled
Without precedent; unparalleled:
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  1. Without precedent; unparalleled:
  2. Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.
  3. Having no precedent, parallel, or similar case; unprecedented
unique
(disputed) Unusual.
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  1. (disputed) Unusual.
  2. Remarkable; extraordinary:
  3. Characteristic only of a particular category or entity:
unmatched
Not matched:
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  1. Not matched:
  2. Without equal or rival; peerless:
  3. (Of a pair of things) not matched; odd
unparalleled
That has no parallel, equal, or counterpart; unmatched
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  1. That has no parallel, equal, or counterpart; unmatched
  2. Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.
  3. Without parallel, equal, or match; unequaled.
unrivaled
Having no rival, equal, or competitor; matchless; peerless
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  1. Having no rival, equal, or competitor; matchless; peerless
  2. Beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival.

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
Find another word for alone. In this page you can discover 87 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for alone, like: lone, friendless, by-oneself, separate, isolated, companionless, unmarried, lone, lonesome, single and all by one's lonesome.

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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