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- pronunciation:
- sa
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teI
ri
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
being, traveling, or living without others; alone; unaccompanied.
Wolves are not solitary animals; they live and travel in packs.
- synonyms:
- alone, lone, lonely, only, unaccompanied, unsociable
- antonyms:
- accompanied, gregarious, social
- similar words:
- independent, individual, isolated, one, reclusive, separate, single, sole
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| definition 2: |
occurring or done without the company of others.
She hasn't spent a solitary evening since she got back to campus.Embroidery tends to be a solitary pastime.- synonyms:
- solo
- similar words:
- alone, individual, isolated, lonely, single-handed, unaccompanied
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| definition 3: |
in a remote or lonely location.
We found a solitary glade in the forest where we camped for the night.- synonyms:
- isolated, lone, out-of-the-way, secluded
- antonyms:
- accessible
- similar words:
- alone, apart, cloistered, deserted, hidden, lonely, private, remote
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| definition 4: |
single or only; lone.
His study was his solitary refuge from cares.- synonyms:
- lone, one, only, single, sole
- similar words:
- exclusive, individual, isolated, odd, singular, unique
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| related words: |
aloof, only |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
solitaries |
| definition 1: |
one who lives alone; one who chooses to be isolated from others.
My uncle had been a solitary, and I hardly knew him.- synonyms:
- anchorite, eremite, hermit, lone wolf, recluse
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| definition 2: |
(informal) the confinement of one person in an isolated enclosure, as in a prison cell; solitary confinement.
The prisoner spent two weeks in solitary.- synonyms:
- isolation
- similar words:
- hole
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| related words: |
hermit, tank |
| derivations: |
solitarily (adv.), solitariness (n.) |
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