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Synonyms for lonely
ˈloʊn lilone·ly
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Wiktionary
lonelyadjective
Of place, unfrequented by people; desolate.
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desert, desolate, unpeopled, empty, unpopulatedlonelyadjective
Of person, without companions; solitary.
Synonyms:
unaccompanied, alone, solitarylonelyadjective
Synonyms:
lonesome
Princeton's WordNet
alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitaryadjective
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"
Antonyms:
accompanied, inhabited, social, elatedlonely, lonesomeadjective
marked by dejection from being alone
"felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"
Synonyms:
unfrequented, lonesome, solitary(a), solitary, lonely(a), alone(p), sole(a), only(a), lone(a), lonesome(a)Antonyms:
elated, accompanied, inhabited, sociallone(a), lonely(a), solitaryadjective
characterized by or preferring solitude
"a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk"
Antonyms:
social, inhabited, elated, accompaniedlonely, solitary, unfrequentedadjective
devoid of creatures
"a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
Synonyms:
unfrequented, lonesome, solitary(a), solitary, lonely(a), nongregarious, nonsocial, alone(p), sole(a), only(a), lone(a), lonesome(a)Antonyms:
social, elated, accompanied, inhabited
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lonelyadjective
Synonyms:
apart, retired, solitary, secluded, isolated, sequestered, remote, dreary, lonesomelonelyadjective
Synonyms:
lone, alone, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lonelyadjective
Synonyms:
sequestered, solitary, unfrequented, lonesome, desolate, dreary, lorn
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#65 | only | |
#578 | single | |
#2054 | alone | |
#2964 | empty | |
#4409 | desert | |
#4964 | sole | |
#6462 | isolated | |
#7584 | lonely | |
#9832 | lone | |
#12519 | solitaire | |
#19800 | solitary | |
#21790 | solitude | |
#24363 | loneliness | |
#27016 | lonesome | |
#29335 | hermit | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#44554 | unaccompanied | |
#159524 | unpopulated |
How to use lonely in a sentence?
Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:
Delores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping along smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently, until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an over- dose of flouride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred pound barbell in a steroid-free fitness center.
I'm just gonna make this really quick because everything I say is going to end up in the tabloids and it doesn’t even matter what I say, it will, i didn’t hear two names I felt like we left out today, and one isGwen Sebastian, who is my duet partner on ‘My Eyes,’ and the other isAshley Monroe, who is my duet partner on ‘Lonely Tonight.’.
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to seat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.
People are getting exhausted, they're getting lonely and they just want it to be over, and so what we're trying to do is really call upon Californians to recognize that this is the most dangerous part of the entire pandemic. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Last year, when we didn't have a crowd, I know it felt quite lonely for me, i'm glad to see little kids in the audience — and, of course, grown-ups, too.
Translations for lonely
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- وحيدArabic
- яңғыҙBashkir
- solitariCatalan, Valencian
- osamělýCzech
- ensomDanish
- einsam, öde, abgeschieden, verlassenGerman
- μοναχικόςGreek
- solecaEsperanto
- solitario, desolado, desiertoSpanish
- تنها, بیکسPersian
- yksinäinenFinnish
- désert, abandonné, seulFrench
- uaigneach, aonaranachScottish Gaelic
- גַּלְמוּדHebrew
- magányosHungarian
- միայնակArmenian
- einmanaIcelandic
- isolato, malinconico, solitario, desolato, soloItalian
- さびしい, 寂しいJapanese
- ಏಕಾಂಗಿKannada
- 고독한Korean
- بێکهس, تهنهاKurdish
- solumLatin
- eenzaam, alleenDutch
- ensomNorwegian
- samotnyPolish
- isolado, solitárioPortuguese
- одинокийRussian
- ùsāmljen, òsāmljenSerbo-Croatian
- ensam, ödeSwedish
- தனிமைTamil
- เหงาThai
- gariban, ıssız, tenha, yalnız, garip, kimsesiz, yapayalnızTurkish
- cô đơnVietnamese
- 孤独Chinese
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