Synonyms of separateness

separateness

noun

as in solitude

the state of being alone or kept apart from others

the separateness of the island community has given it a distinct culture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solitude
• privacy
• isolation
• loneliness
• segregation
• aloneness
• seclusion
• solitariness
• insulation
• sequestration
• secludedness
• confinement
• internment
• retirement
• vacuum
• withdrawal
• lonesomeness
• quarantine
• incarceration
• ghettoization

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• society
• company
• companionship
• fellowship
• camaraderie
• comradeship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of separateness

These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland. — Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026

Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Since becoming president of Taiwan, last May, Lai has asserted Taiwan’s separateness from the mainland and muted his predecessor’s efforts to reassure Beijing. — Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2025

The sense of a great creature’s separateness, of a being both unknowable and precious, seems often to accompany a first sighting in the wild. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 8 Feb. 2024

Its geographic remoteness has cultivated a sense of separateness, with ancient inhabitants speaking a distinct dialect of Hawaiian. — Meredith Bryan, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2016