Synonyms for alone
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
unaccompanied available unattached lonely solitary isolated unique
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unaccompanied — by oneself, solitary. Not involved in a romantic relationship
unaccompanied, available, unattached, single dated, unpartnered rare
2. Lonely
lonely, solitary, lone, companionless rare
3. Isolated — lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc
4. Unique — unique; rare; matchless
unique, incomparable, unequaled US, unequalled UK, unmatched, unparalleled, unparallelled UK, singular, peerless, matchless, nonpareil, azygous rare
Adverb
1. Solely — focus adverb, typically modifying a noun and occurring immediately after it. Not permitting anything further…
solely, entirely, exclusively, purely, merely dated
2. Single-handed — without outside help
single-handed, singly, single-handedly, unassisted, by oneself
3. Solo — by oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo
Definitions
- adj. 1
By oneself, solitary. Not involved in a romantic relationship.
- adj. 2
Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone.
- adv. 1
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
- adv. 2
Without outside help.
The job was too hard for me to do alone.
Related words
Example sentences
- available Please inform me what options are available to me.
- unaccompanied Unaccompanied minors are not permitted on this flight.
- unattached My coach asked me if I was "unattached" and I didn't understand so I said yes.
- lonely Left to himself, the child would feel very lonely.
- solitary Bruno spends his birthday in solitary confinement.
- isolated Sami lived on an isolated islands for many months.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alone | rising | |
| available | falling | |
| unaccompanied | steady | |
| unattached | steady | |
| lonely | rising | |
| solitary | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- odd1
- 4 letters
- just1, only2, very2, pure1, solo2, sole1, bare1, mere1, lone1
- 5 letters
- pyore
- 6 letters
- single2, simple2, unique2, merely2, lonely2, solely3, purely2, singly2
- 7 letters
- azygous
- 8 letters
- entirely4, isolated4, solitary4, singular3, deserted3, forsaken3, peerless2
- 9 letters
- available4, exclusive3, unmatched2, matchless, unequaled3, nonpareil
- 10 letters
- unattached3, unassisted4, unequalled, solitarily
- 11 letters
- exclusively4, unpartnered
- 12 letters
- unparalleled4, incomparable5
- 13 letters
- unaccompanied5, unparallelled, companionless
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (only2 = 2 syllables).