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lonely - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: lonely
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: feeling friendless, forlorn
Synonyms: abandoned, alone, apart, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive, rejected, secluded, single, solitary, unattended, withdrawn, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, estranged, renounced, troglodytic, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial
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: loved, befriended, unlonely
Main Entry: lonely
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: out-of-the-way
Synonyms: alone, deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, obscure, private, quiet, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, solitary, uninhabited, off the beaten track, sequestered, unfrequented
Antonyms: close, inhabited, frequented
Main Entry: desert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: barren, uncultivated
Synonyms: arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, waste, wild, untilled
Antonyms: fertile, productive, cultivated
Main Entry: deserted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abandoned, unoccupied
Synonyms: bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, left, lonely, neglected, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant, left in the lurch, left stranded, lorn, relinquished
Antonyms: busy, crowded, populous, populated
Main Entry: forlorn
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hopeless, inconsolable
Synonyms: abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, dragging*, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken*, helpless, homeless, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, woebegone, wretched, comfortless, down and out, in the dumps, pitiable, weighed down
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased, comforted, consolable
Main Entry: forsaken
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: abandoned
Synonyms: cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken*, isolated, jilted, lonely, outcast, solitary, disowned, ignored, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lorn, marooned, thrown over
Antonyms: helped, wanted, cherished, nurtured
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: godforsaken
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: desolate
Synonyms: abandoned, backward, deserted, dismal, distant, empty, forgotten, forlorn, gloomy, isolated, lonely, miserable, neglected, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, wicked
Main Entry: homesick
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nostalgic
Synonyms: hankering, heartsick, lonely, missing, wistful, yearning, longing for home
Main Entry: isolated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unique; private
Synonyms: abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods*, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado*, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, outlying, random, remote, retired, secluded, segregated, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn, off beaten track, screened, sequestered, unfrequented
Antonyms: included, incorporated, public, mingling
Main Entry: lone
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: by oneself; only
Synonyms: abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, one, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo, unaccompanied, unique, onliest, stag
Antonyms: along, together, accompanied
Main Entry: lonesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: forlorn, friendless
Synonyms: alone, cheerless, deserted, desolate, dreary, gloomy, homesick, isolated, lone, lonely, solitary, companionless
Antonyms: loved, befriended, unlonesome
Main Entry: out of the way
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secluded
Synonyms: backwoods, distant, far-flung, faraway, godforsaken, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, outer, outermost, outlying, peripheral, remote, off the beaten track, sequestered
Antonyms: accessible, handy, near
Main Entry: secluded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: isolated, sheltered
Synonyms: abandoned, alone, aloof, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, secret, segregated, shy, singular, solitary, unapproachable, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn, beleaguered, blockaded, off the beaten track, screened, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, shut off, tucked away, unfrequented
Antonyms: open, public, sociable, joining, mingling, socializing
Main Entry: solitary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alone, single; unsociable
Synonyms: aloof, antisocial, cloistered, deserted, desolate, distant, forsaken, friendless, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, misanthropic, only, out-of-the-way*, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, singular, sole, solo, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, unique, withdrawn, companionless, eremetic, hermitical, lorn, offish, sequestered, stag, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unsocial
Antonyms: combined, sociable, together, accompanied
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: desolate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unused, barren
Synonyms: abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, lonely, lonesome, ruined, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild, lorn, unfrequented
Antonyms: used, cultivated, populated
Main Entry: remote
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: out-of-the-way; in the distance
Synonyms: alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks*, devious, distant, far, far-flung, faraway, foreign, frontier, godforsaken*, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, off the beaten path*, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, unknown, unsettled, wild, far-off, god-knows-where, in a backwater, middle of nowhere, off-lying, undiscovered
Antonyms: close, convenient, near, nearby
Main Entry: bleak
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressing
Synonyms: black, cheerless, dark, discouraging, dismal, dreary, funereal, gloomy, grim, hard, harsh, hopeless, joyless, lonely, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, comfortless, disheartening, drear, unpromising
Antonyms: cheerful, comforting, congenial, encouraging, nice, pleasant
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