lacking companions or companionship; he was alone when we met him; she is alone much of the time; the lone skier on the mountain; a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel; a lonely soul; a solitary traveler

[ Syn: alone , lonely , solitary ]

characterized by or preferring solitude; a lone wolf; a lonely existence; a man of a solitary disposition; a solitary walk

[ Syn: lonely , solitary ]

being the only one; single and isolated from others; the lone doctor in the entire county; a lonesome pine; an only child; the sole heir; the sole example; a solitary instance of cowardice; a solitary speck in the sky

[ Syn: lonesome , only , sole , solitary ]