Entry Word: isolation

Function: noun

Meaning: the state of being alone or kept apart from others <isolation always made the sociable child lonely>

Synonyms insulation, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitariness, solitude

Related Words loneliness, lonesomeness; confinement, incarceration, internment, quarantine; retirement, withdrawal

Near Antonyms companionship, company