UNACCOMPANIED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

unaccompanied

adjective

ˌən-ə-ˈkəmp-nēd

Definition of unaccompanied

as in lone

not being in the company of others an unaccompanied child on the airplane flight

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Recent Examples of unaccompanied Dianne Guadian, 33, and three other members of a smuggling organization brought unaccompanied children between the ages of 5 and 13 illegally into the United States from Juárez, Mexico. — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 30 July 2026 The source also confirmed that before each flight, flight attendants are given a list of passengers who may need special attention—this could include everyone from unaccompanied minors to those traveling with pets. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026 The remains of a vast Roman summer house dating back to the 2nd century BC, unearthed by Getty along with African and Greek marbles and amphorae, have been kept as private museum in the basement which guests are free to stroll unaccompanied. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026 Authorities widely refer to mass gatherings of unaccompanied young people — that sometimes escalate into chaos or violence — as teen takeovers. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unaccompanied

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Adjective

The Chiefs didn’t check that box this time, playing their lone road preseason game against Tampa Bay.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
Virtually the lone holdout is Microsoft, which gives users the option to store passkeys in the Windows TPM.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of lone

Adjective

Cycle north along the beach to Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, where hiking trails, lonely sands, picnic sites, and kayak rentals fronting a freshwater lake await.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
But surviving a lightning strike is often the beginning of a long and lonely medical journey.

— Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of lonely

Adjective

The Astros’ Cam Smith tied the game in the seventh with his own solo home run, but the Giants took a 3-2 lead right back on a solo homer from Gilbert, his fifth home run of the season.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
In February 2024 boygenius announced an indefinite hiatus to allow its members to focus on solo projects.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of solo

Adjective

Analysts caution that the move from the Ohio class to the Virginia class is not a one-for-one trade, as a single Virginia-class sub will carry only about 26% of the missiles of an Ohio-class one.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Wiroon Supasingsiripreecha, head of the institute, said most of the victims suffered a single fatal gunshot wound to a vital area, including the chest or head.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of single

Adjective

The movie shot in 35mm film revisits the main character and setting of the director’s minimalist first feature, Freedom, that 25 years earlier chronicled a few days in the life of a solitary woodcutter in the remote Pampas mountains.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Harpman was writing in a different era, but the elegiac loneliness of her fiction anticipates our own solitary and screen-bound present.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of solitary

Adjective

Miami law enforcement received multiple calls about the incident—including one from the TikTok moderation team, the spokesperson says—and arrived at Hilton’s house to find him alone.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 6 Aug. 2026
Rogue planets drift alone through interstellar space after either being ejected from their original planetary systems or forming independently without ever orbiting a star.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

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