Synonyms for solitary
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Lone — single; individual; sole
lone, single, only, lonesome, one, isolated, sole, individual, singular, unaccompanied, unitary
2. Desolate — gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited
desolate, forlorn, cheerless, dreary, gloomy, dismal, bleak, joyless, disconsolate, melancholy, lugubrious, grim, doleful, somber US, sombre UK, sunless, depressing, forsaken, woeful, drear, comfortless, sullen dated
3. Deserted — not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
deserted, uninhabited, secluded, desert, lifeless, unpeopled, wasteful dated, peopleless rare
4. Lonely — not much visited or frequented; remote from society
lonely, unsocial, unfrequented, unvisited, deavely dated UK
Other
alone, private, solo, remote, companionless, hermitical, seclusive, aclonal, nongregarious, nonsocial, reclusive
Noun
1. Recluse — one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse
hermit, loner, ascetic, shut-in, troglodyte, solitaire, anchorite, eremite, recluse dated, solitudinarian dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
a solitary residence or place
- adj. 2
Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!
- adj. 3
Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
- n. 1
One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
Related words
- Word family
- solitarily solitariness soliton
- Phrases
- solitary confinement solitary wave solitary tinamou solitary vice
Forms
- Plural
- solitaries → hermits, loners, ascetics, shut-ins…
Example sentences
- individual An individual is the smallest unit of the society.
- isolated Sami lived on an isolated islands for many months.
- lone Only this lone giraffe bull survived the dry season.
- lonesome She has been very lonesome since her husband died.
- bleak To some people, Algeria's future is looking bleak.
- dreary I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.
By length
- 3 letters
- one1
- 4 letters
- only2, solo2, sole1, lone1, grim1
- 5 letters
- alone2, bleak1, loner2, drear
- 6 letters
- single2, desert2, remote2, lonely2, gloomy2, dismal2, hermit2, dreary2, somber2, sombre, woeful2, sullen2
- 7 letters
- private2, unitary4, recluse2, forlorn2, ascetic3, joyless, sunless, doleful2, eremite, deavely, aclonal
- 8 letters
- isolated4, singular3, deserted3, wasteful2, desolate3, forsaken3, secluded3, lifeless2, lonesome2, unsocial
- 9 letters
- solitaire3, reclusive3, cheerless, unvisited, anchorite, unpeopled, seclusive, nonsocial
- 10 letters
- individual5, depressing3, melancholy4, lugubrious4, troglodyte, peopleless, hermitical
- 11 letters
- uninhabited5, comfortless
- 12 letters
- disconsolate, unfrequented
- 13 letters
- unaccompanied5, companionless, nongregarious
- 14 letters
- solitudinarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (only2 = 2 syllables).