Solitary

Noun

 * 1) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:recluse

Adjective

 * 1) Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
 * 2) Lonely.
 * 3) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
 * 4) Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired; as, a solitary residence or place.
 * 5) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
 * 6) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
 * 7) Not associated with others of the same kind.

Derived terms

 * solitariness
 * solitary confinement
 * solitary tinamou

Adverbs for Solitary
restfully; delightfully; formidably; gloomily; forbiddingly; cheerlessly; pathetically; unhappily; remotely; alarmingly; disagreeably; desperately; desolately; impossibly; tragically; preferably; comfortably; selfishly; unexpectedly; undesirably; uncommonly; curiously ; amazingly; insistently.

Thesaurus
Diogenes, Hieronymian, Hieronymite, Timon of Athens, a certain, abandoned, alien, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, an, anchoress, anchorite, any, any one, apart, ascetic, atomic, bedridden invalid, case, character, cloistered, cloistered monk, closet cynic, companionless, crackpot, crank, desert fathers, desert saints, deserted, desolate, detached, distant, eccentric, either, eremite, eremitic, exclusive, fanatic, forsaken, friendless, hermit, hermitess, hermitical, hobo, homebody, homeless, in solitude, individual, indivisible, insociable, insular, integral, invalid, irreducible, isolated, isolationist, kithless, kook, lone, lone wolf, lonely, loner, lonesome, marabout, maverick, meshuggenah, misanthropic, monadic, monistic, natural, nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, offish, one, only, original, out-of-the-way, outcast, outsider, pariah, particular, pillar saint, pillarist, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen, rara avis, recluse, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, rootless, screwball, secluded, seclusionist, separate, separated, shut-in, simple, single, single-handed, singular, sole, solid, solitaire, solitudinarian, solo, standoffish, stay-at-home, stylite, tramp, type, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unanalyzable, unapproachable, unassisted, unattended, uncompanionable, uncouth, undivided, unescorted, unexampled, unfrequented, uniform, unique, unitary, unrepeatable, unseconded, unsocial, unsupported, whole, withdrawn, zealot

Noun

 * Asturian: solitariu
 * Catalan: solitari
 * Czech:


 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: soliter
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * Catalan: solitari
 * French: ,
 * Polish:, samodzielny
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach, uaigneach
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: đơn độc


 * Catalan: solitari
 * Polish:


 * Russian: одиночный


 * Catalan: solitari
 * Polish: odludny


 * Russian: уединённый
 * Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach, uaigneach


 * Catalan: solitari
 * Polish:


 * Russian:

Anagrams

 * royalist