Synonyms for one

Most common

single · person · sort · an · man · individual · somebody · solitary

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Pronoun

Antonyms

no, zero, many

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A person or thing (having some specified characteristic or attribute).

   That's the one to watch if you want to win.

2. n. 2

   The digit or figure 1.

3. adj. 1

   Of a period of time, being particular.

   One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.

4. pron. 1

   One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

   He's not one to pull his punches.

Related words

Word family

one-and-twenty one-celled one-hundred-thousandth one-legged one-liner oneling one-off one-one

Phrases

live one one and only put one over put one across sell one's body little one bust one's ass break one's back

Is a kind of

any some

Forms

Plural

ones → singles, unities, aces, persons…

Example sentences

• single We didn't see a single house for five miles there.
• person When can one say that a person has alcohol issues?
• sort It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage.
• an An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
• man There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
• individual An individual is the smallest unit of the society.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

1 letters

a¹

2 letters

he¹, an¹

3 letters

you¹, man¹, ace¹, yan¹

4 letters

they¹, only², same¹, type¹, sort¹, sole¹

5 letters

right¹, party², whole¹, unity³

6 letters

person², united³, single², entire³, wonder²

7 letters

certain², unitary⁴

8 letters

somebody³, combined², solitary⁴, peerless²

9 letters

unmatched², undivided⁴, matchless, unrivaled³, nonpareil

10 letters

individual⁵, unrivalled

11 letters

unmatchable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (only² = 2 syllables).