solitary

Speech parts

1. solitary - Noun

2. solitary - Adjective

3. solitary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.

ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.

Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.

Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.

Not associated with others of the same kind.

One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lonesome alone lone lonely unfrequented only single private separate sole remote isolated detached deserted hermit
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Antonyms

brigade orchestra many group various public
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Hypernyms

confinement loner lone wolf lone hand

Phrases with the word

in a solitary state solitary word in solitary solitary-winged solitary-winger in a solitary language

Anagrams

royalist

Examples

The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men. Isaac the Syrian

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable. Karl Kraus

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything. Willa Cather

A solitary ox shits more than a hundred swallows. Spanish Proverb

A solitary man is either a brute or an angel. Italian Proverb

A solitary man is either a beast or an angel. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

solitariously solitariousness solitarization solitary arrest solitary brittlestem solitary confinement