| Main Entry: | solitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aloneness |
Synonyms: |
confinement, desert, detachment, emptiness, isolation, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, peace and quiet, privacy, quarantine, reclusiveness, retirement, seclusion, separateness, silence, solitariness, waste, wasteland, wilderness, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
companionship, friendship, togetherness |
| Main Entry: | solitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wasteland; dry area |
Synonyms: |
Sahara, arid region, badland, barren, barren land, flats, lava bed, sand dunes, solitude, wild, wilderness, wilds |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
Antonyms: |
wetland |
| Main Entry: | desolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uninhabitated area; barrenness |
Synonyms: |
bareness, bleakness, desert, devastation, dissolution, extinction, forlornness, isolation, loneliness, ruin, solitariness, solitude, waste, wildness, wreck |
Antonyms: |
civilization |
| Main Entry: | isolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seclusion |
Synonyms: |
aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, concealment, confinement, desolation, detachment, exile, hiding, monkhood, privacy, privateness, quarantine, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retreat, seclusiveness, segregation, sequestration, solitude, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | loneliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation |
Synonyms: |
alienation, aloneness, desolation, forlornness, friendlessness, heartache, lonesomeness, remoteness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | privacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solitude, secrecy |
Synonyms: |
aloofness, clandestineness, concealment, confidentiality, isolation, one's space, penetralia, privateness, quiet, retirement, retreat, seclusion, separateness, separation, sequestration, solitude |
Antonyms: |
publicity, publicness, sociableness |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place one goes for peace |
Synonyms: |
adytum, ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, hiding place, ivory tower, port, privacy, refuge, resort, retirement, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude |
| Main Entry: | seclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation |
Synonyms: |
aloneness, aloofness, beleaguerment, blockade, concealment, desolation, detachment, hiding, privacy, privateness, quarantine, reclusion, reclusiveness, remoteness, retirement, retreat, seclusiveness, separateness, separation, sequestration, shelter, solitude, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
open, public |
| Main Entry: | secrecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concealment |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, openness, publicity, revelation |