solitary

1 being the one or ones of a class with no other members a solitary example of truth-stretching is hardly grounds for branding the man a congenital liar Synonyms of solitary alone, lone, one, one-off, singular, sole, only, special, sui generis, uniqueWords Related to solitary single, solo, unaccompanied, unattended; incomparable, inimitable, matchless, peerless, unequaled (or unequalled), unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled (or unrivalled), unsurpassable, unsurpassed; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate; nonceNear Antonyms of solitary divers, manifold, multifarious, myriad; assorted, heterogenous, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, patchwork, promiscuous, varied; popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant; perennial, recurrent, repeated

2 not being in the company of others a solitary sailboat was the only object on the horizon Synonyms of solitary lone, lonely, lonesome, single, alone, solo, unaccompaniedWords Related to solitary unattended, unchaperoned; forlorn, friendless; cloistered, disassociated, hermetic (also hermetical), insulated, isolate, isolated, remote, retired, secluded, withdrawn; quarantined, segregated, separated, sequestered; separate, unattached, unconnected, unlinked; detached, disconnected, disjointed, dissociated, disunited, divided, fractionated; abandoned, adrift, deserted, desolate, forgotten, forsaken, lorn, neglectedNear Antonyms of solitary attended, chaperoned, escorted; adjacent, adjoining, communicating, contiguous, neighboring, next-door; attached, connected, coupled, linkedAntonyms of solitary accompanied

a person who lives away from others weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas Synonyms of solitary anchorite, eremite, hermit, isolate, recluseWords Related to solitary homebody, shut-inNear Antonyms of solitary socialite; socializer