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as in withdrawn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

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Adjective

The withdrawn application had requested approval to build a 166,000-square-foot warehouse on a parcel off Hill Road between State Highway 55 and North Horseshoe Bend Road, the Idaho Statesman previously reported.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026
In an era of ball-to-feet No 10s and withdrawn strikers, Welbeck stays high up the pitch, runs the channels and occupies defenders.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

Definition of withdrawn

Adjective

Royal Caribbean, for example, posts signs warning that unattended items will be held at the towel stand, according to Ashley Calderwood, a frequent cruiser who has sailed with her family for 10 years.

— Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Terrence Wright and Lillian Munn were charged with child neglect without great bodily harm and leaving children unattended while in a motor vehicle.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of unattended

Adjective

According to the group, the isolated guitar notes were lifted from the middle of Sparks’ solo on the record, slowed down, and distorted to avoid detection or identification of the sample.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Possible locations include the regional capital Yakutsk, the Lena River, the Lena Pillars – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and isolated rural villages.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of isolated

Adjective

The 1,400-square-foot primary suite has a separate office, dual walk-in closets, and a serene bath spotlighted by a copper soaking tub and access to a secluded Zen garden.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026
The Escape Wood Boho Tiny Home is move-in ready, offering a secluded, cold-weather oasis that’s fully customizable.

— Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 31 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

Will the Mona Lisa’s smile feel lonelier if she’s removed from her current gallery in the Louvre and placed in a new one by herself?

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Neither approach is wrong, but misunderstandings can arise when one partner feels crowded and the other feels lonely.

— Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of lonely

Adjective

But as far as photographing on the street, [those images] are marked by a certain distance from people or solitary figures in a vast landscape, that sort of thing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Autobiographical writing is often slotted into easily marketable categories—the solitary odyssey, the bereavement chronicle, the trauma plot.

— Namara Smith, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026

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