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| 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retired, secluded, separate, singular, sole, solo, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, unique, withdrawn, companionless, eremetic, hermitical, lorn, offish, sequestered, stag, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unsocial |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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aloof |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remote |
| Synonyms: | above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish*, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled*, haughty, indifferent, lone wolf*, loner*, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish*, supercilious, thick-skinned*, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity*, withdrawn, hard-hearted, incurious, laid back, offish, on ice, putting on airs, stuck up |
| Antonyms: | concerned, friendly, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antisocial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonparticipating; avoiding company |
| Synonyms: | alienated, ascetic, austere, cold, cynical, introverted, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, retiring, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn, asocial, eremetic, hermitlike |
| Notes: | to be antisocial is to be hostile to or disruptive of the established social order, marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores; while being unsociable means one is not disposed to seek the company of others or is reserved |
| Antonyms: | friendly, sociable, fun-loving, participating |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hermit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who chose to live alone |
| Synonyms: | ascetic, misanthrope, recluse, skeptic, solitary, anchorite, eremite, outside of human society anchoret, pillarist, solitaire, solitarian, stylite |
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
| Synonyms: | alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | introvert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who retreats mentally |
| Synonyms: | egotist, loner*, solitary, autist, brooder, egoist, narcissist, self-observer, wallflower |
| Antonyms: | extrovert |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | introverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved |
| Synonyms: | bashful, cautious, cold*, collected, cool, demure, introspective, modest, quiet, reclusive, restrained, secretive, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, withdrawn, close-mouthed, offish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | black hole*, brig, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*, reformatory, solitary*, stir*, stockade, bastille, bullpen, jailhouse, slammer*, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | loner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recluse |
| Synonyms: | hermit, introvert, lone wolf*, outsider, solitary, anomic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | misanthropic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsociable, cynical |
| Synonyms: | antisocial, malevolent, reclusive, reserved, sarcastic, selfish, solitary, standoffish, unfriendly, egoistic, egotistical, eremitic, hating, inhumane, misanthropical |
| Antonyms: | humanitarian, philanthropic, sociable |
| Main Entry: | monk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man who devotes life to contemplation of god |
| Synonyms: | abbot, ascetic, brother, cenobite, hermit, monastic, priest, recluse, religious, solitary, anchorite, eremite, friar |
| Main Entry: | one |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual |
| Synonyms: | alone, definite, different, lone, odd, only, particular, peculiar, precise, separate, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, one and only |
| Antonyms: | none |
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