solitary

²solitary

noun

plural solitar·ies

Definition of SOLITARY

1

: one who lives or seeks to live a solitary life : recluse

2

: solitary confinement in prison <put him in solitary>

Examples of SOLITARY

1. The prisoner was kept in solitary.
2. <weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas>

First Known Use of SOLITARY

15th century

Related to SOLITARY

Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, hermit, isolate, recluse

Related Words: homebody, shut-in

Near Antonyms: socialite; socializer

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