lone
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
standing by itself or apart; isolated: a lone house in the valley.
sole; single; only: That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.
unmarried or widowed.
Origin of lone
1synonym study For lone
Other words for lone
2 | separate, separated, secluded |
Other words from lone
- loneness, noun
Words that may be confused with lone
- loan, lone
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How to use lone in a sentence
The one human thing, with the goblins before me—Alone—in a loneness so ghastly—Alone!
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationI felt, in my visions, a cosmic and abysmal loneness; with hostility surging from all sides upon some prison where I lay confined.
The Shunned House | Howard Phillips LovecraftThen they were alone, and it was a loneness such as an eagle might feel when it held itself poised high in the curve of blue.
The Lost Prince | Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for lone
/ (ləʊn) /
unaccompanied; solitary
single or isolated: a lone house
a literary word for lonely
unmarried or widowed
Origin of lone
1Derived forms of lone
- loneness, noun
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