Synonyms for lonely
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Alone — without companions; solitary
alone, solitary, isolated, forlorn, lone, unaccompanied, forsaken, unsocial, secluded, remote, unfrequented, companionless
2. Desolate — unfrequented by people; desolate
desolate, empty, desert, uninhabited, unpopulated, unpeopled
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unfrequented by people; desolate.
- adj. 2
Without companions; solitary.
Related words
- Word family
- lonelihood lone loneliness
Example sentences
- alone My grandmother is in sound health and lives alone.
- isolated Sami lived on an isolated islands for many months.
- lone Only this lone giraffe bull survived the dry season.
- solitary Bruno spends his birthday in solitary confinement.
- empty An empty stomach doesn't help on the mental front.
- desert The wreckage of the plane was found in the desert.
By length
- 4 letters
- lone1
- 5 letters
- alone2, apart2, empty2
- 6 letters
- remote2, desert2
- 7 letters
- forlorn2
- 8 letters
- isolated4, solitary4, forsaken3, secluded3, desolate3, lonesome2, unsocial
- 9 letters
- unpeopled
- 11 letters
- uninhabited5, unpopulated
- 12 letters
- unfrequented
- 13 letters
- unaccompanied5, companionless
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alone2 = 2 syllables).