SEPARATENESS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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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 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

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Noun

Create a sense of solitude with fast-growing plants that screen views while enhancing the garden.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who spent more than two years practicing in solitude as a young man on a windswept New York bridge to reinvent his playing and become one of the giants of jazz, died at the age of 95 on Monday, May 25, his publicist said.

— William Schomberg, USA Today, 25 May 2026