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| alone |
separate from everyone or everything else; solitary. [1/5 definitions] |
| hermit |
a person who has withdrawn from society to live a solitary, often religious life; recluse. [1/2 definitions] |
| hermitage |
a place where one can lead a solitary, secluded life; retreat. [1/3 definitions] |
| lone |
without companions; solitary. [1/3 definitions] |
| lonely |
without companionship; unaccompanied; solitary. [1/4 definitions] |
| rogue |
a vicious animal that has been isolated from the herd, esp. a solitary elephant of that disposition. [1/6 definitions] |
| secluded |
set apart or remote from other people; solitary. [1/2 definitions] |
| solitary |
(informal) the confinement of one person in an isolated enclosure, as in a prison cell; solitary confinement. [1/6 definitions] |
| soliton |
in physics, a solitary wave, or a solution to a type of equation that represents such a wave. |
| tank |
(informal) a prison cell, esp. one used for solitary confinement. [1/5 definitions] |
| unsociable |
tending not to seek the companionship of others; solitary. [1/2 definitions] |
| vespid |
any of several wasps, including both social and solitary species. |
| wake-robin |
any of various North American plants of the trillium family, bearing a large, solitary flower with a purple, yellow, or white corolla. [1/2 definitions] |
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