Antonyms for solitude
ˈsɒl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyudsoli·tude

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1. solitudenoun

   Synonyms:
   aloneness

2. solitudenoun

   Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.

   Synonyms:
   aloneness

3. solitudenoun

   A lonely or deserted place.

   Synonyms:
   aloneness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. solitude

   In retirement one withdraws from association he has had with others; we speak of the retirement of a public man to private life, tho he may still be much in company. In seclusion one shuts himself away from the society of all except intimate friends or attendants; in solitude no other person is present. While seclusion is ordinarily voluntary, solitude may be enforced; we speak of the solitude rather than the seclusion of a prisoner. As "private" denotes what concerns ourselves individually, privacy denotes freedom from the presence or observation of those not concerned or whom we desire not to have concerned in our affairs; privacy is more commonly temporary than seclusion; we speak of a moment's privacy. There may be loneliness without solitude, as amid an unsympathizing crowd, and solitude without loneliness, as when one is glad to be alone.

   Antonyms:
   association, companionship, company, converse, fellowship, society

   Synonyms:
   loneliness, privacy, retirement, seclusion

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1. solitude

   Antonyms:
   publicity, populousness, society, frequentedness, intercourse, resort, meeting, reunion, throng, crowd

   Synonyms:
   loneliness, remoteness, seclusion, retirement, isolation, wildness, desertion, barrenness, wilderness, privacy

Matched Categories

1. • Isolation
   • Topographic Point

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. solitude, purdahnoun

   a state of social isolation

   Synonyms:
   purdah, sex segregation

2. solitudenoun

   the state or situation of being alone

   Synonyms:
   purdah

3. solitudenoun

   a solitary place

   Synonyms:
   purdah

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1. solitudenoun

   Synonyms:
   loneliness, isolation, seclusion, eremitism, retirement, wilderness

   Associated words:
   apanthropy, monophobia, eremophobia

How to use solitude in a sentence?

1. Robert Cecil:

   Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Reliance (essay):

   ...the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude.

3. unknown:

   And sometimes it is better to solemnly retreat into solitude, than to be gravely misunderstood. Author: S.A. Quinox

4. Dan Fischer:

   You feel like you're the only one that's dealing with that. Even though you know it's happening to other people, there's a feeling of solitude, and when I was able to be vulnerable in those moments and share my grief with other individuals, it allowed other people to sort of break down that barrier of feeling alone and be able to share their loved ones as well.

5. Joseph Addison:

   Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

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