Synonyms of solitary
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Another word for solitary is lonely. Other synonyms of solitary are desert, only, vacant, deserted and single.
Synonyms and similar words for solitary
nounOne who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
- alonerA person who enjoys being alone, but without the antisocial connotations of being a "loner".
- anchoret
- anchoriteOne who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
- eremiteA hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.
- hermitA recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
- Miller of DeeSomeone who lives independently and unattached to others, especially for selfish reasons.
- monk
- recluse
- shut-in
- sullenOne who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
adjectiveLiving or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present.
- by oneself
- on one's own
- seclusiveServing or tending to seclude (oneself); affecting seclusion.
adjectivePerformed, passed, or endured alone.
adjectiveNot much visited or frequented; remote from society.
- deavelyLonely, unfrequented.
- lonelyWithout companions; solitary.
- unfrequentedNot frequented.
- unvisited
adjectiveNot inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted.
- peoplelessHaving no people; uninhabited.
- wastefulUninhabited, desolate.
- beinglessDevoid of living beings; uninhabited.
- desertUsually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
- desertedAbandoned, without people.
- howling literary
- desolateDeserted and devoid of inhabitants.
- inhabitantlessLacking inhabitants; uninhabited.
- lifelessUninhabited, or incapable of supporting life.
- tenantlessLacking a tenant; unoccupied.
- uninhabited
- unoccupiedNot inhabited, especially by a tenant.
- unpeopledNot inhabited by people.
- unpopulatedUninhabited, having no residents.
- untenantedNot leased to or occupied by a tenant; unoccupied.
- vacantNot occupied; empty.
- disinhabited obsoleteUninhabited.
- inhabited obsoleteHaving inhabitants; lived in.
- unhabited archaicUninhabited.
adjectiveGloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
- bleak
- cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
- comfortless
- dark
- moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- depressing
- dire
- disconsolate
- dismal
- dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
- dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
- drearDreary.
- drearisomeCharacterised or marked by dreariness.
- dreary
- dreich UK, dialectal
- forlorn
- gayless
- gray
- gloomsomeCharacterised or marked by gloom.
- gloomy
- grim
- joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
- lack-laughterCheerless; sombre; serious.
- lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
- melancholy
- mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
- miserable
- no joke
- saturnine
- somber
- sombre
- spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
- sunless
- uncheerfulNot cheerful.
- uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
- unhappy
- unmerryNot merry, the opposite of merry; sad, gloomy.
- wintry
- woeful
- solemn obsolete
adjectiveSingle; individual; sole.
- loneSolitary; having no companion.
- singular
- individualRelating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
- first and lastOnly.
- one
- one and onlyUnique, one of a kind.
- onlyAlone in a category.
- singleNot accompanied by anything else; one in number.
- sole
- unitary
Meaning of solitary
- noun One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
- noun The state of being solitary; solitude.
- adjective Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present.
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