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Solitary

Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

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Single 84% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Single 84% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Confinement 76% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Solitariness 74% connected

Condition of being solitary.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Solitariness 74% connected

Condition of being solitary.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alone 92% connected

Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hermit 92% connected

A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lone 92% connected

A lane. See Loanin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lonely 92% connected

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lonesome 92% connected

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Only 92% connected

One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recluse 92% connected

Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sole 92% connected

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea v…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Troglodyte 92% connected

One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Unfrequented 92% connected

Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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