lone

[ lohn ]

/ loʊn /

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adjective

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.

unfrequented.

without companionship; lonesome; lonely.

unmarried or widowed.

Words nearby lone

londoner, londonesque, londonistan, londres, londrina, lone, lone hand, lone pair, lone star state, lone wolf, lonely

Origin of lone

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively

SYNONYMS FOR lone

2 separate, separated, secluded.

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OTHER WORDS FROM lone

lone·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lone

loan lone

synonym study for lone

1. See alone.

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Lone glanced back as he led the way through the gate which Swan was holding open.
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British Dictionary definitions for lone

lone

/ (ləʊn) /

adjective (prenominal)

unaccompanied; solitary

single or isolateda lone house

a literary word for lonely

unmarried or widowed

Derived forms of lone

loneness, noun

Word Origin for lone

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone

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