| Main Entry: | friendless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without companionship or confidant |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, adrift, alienated, all alone, all by one's self, alone, cut off*, deserted, estranged, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, marooned, ostracized, shunned, solitary, unattached, without ties |
Antonyms: |
attached, befriended, beloved, liked, loved |
| Main Entry: | alone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separate; apart |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, batching it, by itself/oneself, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, hermit, in solitary, individual, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, me and my shadow, me myself and I, on one's own, onliest, only, shag, single, sole, solitary, solo, stag, traveling light, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattached, unattended, unescorted, unmarried, widowed |
Antonyms: |
together |
| Main Entry: | forlorn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, inconsolable |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, comfortless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, down and out, dragging, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken, helpless, homeless, in the dumps, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, weighed down, woebegone, wretched |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, comforted, consolable, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased |
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
Synonyms: |
cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over |
Antonyms: |
cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted |
| Main Entry: | helpless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapable, incompetent; vulnerable |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, basket-case, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, handcuffed, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel, paralyzed, pinned, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out, unable, unfit, unprotected, up creek without paddle, weak, with hands tied |
Antonyms: |
able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong |
| Main Entry: | homeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | displaced |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, banished, deported, derelict, desolate, destitute, disinherited, displaced, dispossessed, down-and-out, estranged, exiled, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, houseless, itinerant, outcast, refugee, uncared-for, unhoused, unsettled, unwelcome, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, without a roof |
Antonyms: |
settled |
| Main Entry: | solitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, single; unsociable |
Synonyms: |
aloof, antisocial, cloistered, companionless, deserted, desolate, distant, eremetic, forsaken, friendless, hermitical, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, misanthropic, offish, only, out-of-the-way, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, sequestered, singular, sole, solo, stag, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unique, unsocial, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
accompanied, combined, sociable, together |
| Main Entry: | solo |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone |
Synonyms: |
by oneself, companionless, friendless, in solitary, individual, me and my shadow, me myself and I, on one's own, single, solitary, stag, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unescorted, unmarried |
| Main Entry: | companionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone |
Synonyms: |
friendless, lonely, lonesome, solitary, unaccompanied |
| Main Entry: | solitarily |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | alone |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, all by one's lonesome, batching it, by itself/oneself, by oneself, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, hermit, in solitary, individual, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, me and my shadow, me myself and I, on one's own, onliest, only, shag, single, single-handedly, singly, sole, solely, solitary*, solo, stag, traveling light, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattached, unattended, unescorted, unmarried, widowed |