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solitary
Synonyms and Antonyms of solitary
- a solitary example of truth-stretching is hardly grounds for branding the man a congenital liar
- a solitary sailboat was the only object on the horizon
cloistered, disassociated, hermetic (also hermetical), insulated, isolate, isolated, remote, retired, secluded, withdrawn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, neglected
Synonym Discussion of solitary
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- everyone needs to be alone sometimes
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- glorying in the calm of her solitary life
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- left solitary by the death of his wife
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- felt lonely and forsaken
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- an only child often leads a lonesome life
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- a lone robin pecking at the lawn
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- a forlorn lost child
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- desolate after her brother's death
solitary
Synonyms and Antonyms of solitary
- weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas
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