FRIENDLESS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

friendless

adjective

Definition of friendless

as in withdrawn

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Recent Examples of friendless Benevolent, the latest work from playwright Sophie McIntosh (Macbitches), tells the story of four young women at Inwood’s Benevolent Home—a reformatory house for fallen and friendless girls—in 1917. — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2026 Don’t choose this option If that road to peace is permanently closed, as Netanyahu’s coalition intends, Israel will condemn itself to perpetual warfare and to being a pariah nation in a friendless world. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 Next up, Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker five years after fans last saw him in the role in 2021’s No Way Home, which concludes with the world forgetting his identity, leaving Peter alone and friendless. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026 Perhaps helped along by gendered expectations of strength and silence, the idea that men are friendless has taken hold. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 There’s already basically no legal trade between Venezuela and the United States and, other than Cuba, Venezuela is essentially friendless in world politics. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025 That leaves it friendless, brittle, and uncreative—and, paradoxically, that leaves it vulnerable when fighting, too. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendless

Adjective

In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 27 July 2026
The withdrawn earnings are taxed as ordinary income, the Treasury said.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of withdrawn

Adjective

Cantrell has a history of unattended or undisclosed pregnancy and childbirth and was close to delivering, according to the relative’s account, described in a police record.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
That decade’s fully automatic machines could be left unattended to rinse, spin, and drain.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of unattended

Adjective

That could unlock more opportunities to deploy Digit 5 beyond the confines of isolated work cells within warehouses and factories, said Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer at Agility, in a previous conversation with Ars.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Widespread rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches from slow-moving overnight storms were reported across parts of North Georgia, with over 8 inches in isolated spots.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of isolated

Adjective

Hampton Island, Georgia Affleck’s Georgia estate is hardly a standard holiday house and more like a secluded coastal compound.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
There are two secluded Mallorcan calas that guests can access, with one just steps from my own door and therefore ideal for a morning dip in the still-pleasant October waters.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of secluded

Adjective

There, Trump could not resist asking if Xi had brought other global leaders to this cloistered preserve.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
The Sisters embody a unique culture of prayer, silence, solitude and community, living in a contemplative and cloistered order.

— Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of cloistered

Adjective

Popular imagination dismissed her as one of the lonely and disappointed women in a cardigan who peopled her novels, her books discarded as conservative and constricting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Chenault’s stance seems an increasingly lonely one in corporate America.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of lonely

Adjective

In terms of its creation, Technology was mostly a solitary affair, with Leigh writing and producing every song on the six-track release.

— Joe Lynch, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
Writing the book has been a very solitary experience—done after Viva falls asleep—and finally getting to squeeze my pals and feel less alone in it is a balm to my nerves.

— Tarajia Morrell, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026

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