Synonyms for Loneliness
lone·li·ness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. loneliness

   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.

   Synonyms:
   privacy, retirement, seclusion, solitude

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. loneliness, solitarinessnoun

   the state of being alone in solitary isolation

   Synonyms:
   loneliness, forlornness, solitariness, aloneness, lonesomeness, desolation

2. forlornness, loneliness, desolationnoun

   sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

   Synonyms:
   forlornness, aloneness, loneliness, bleakness, nakedness, desolation, solitariness, devastation, bareness, lonesomeness

3. aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitarinessnoun

   a disposition toward being alone

   Synonyms:
   lonesomeness, forlornness, solitariness, aloneness, loneliness, desolation

Matched Categories

1. • Isolation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. lonelinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   solitariness, seclusion, solitude, retirement, isolation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "loneliness":

   solitude, ioneliness, lonesomeness, lonely, ionely

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How to use Loneliness in a sentence?

1. The Jimmy:

   As I said those words, I felt the loneliness, the hopelessness of people who had nowhere to turn, and my eyes filled with tears. I broke down sobbing.

2. John Helliwell:

   Even during these difficult years, positive emotions have remained twice as prevalent as negative ones, and feelings of positive social support twice as strong as those of loneliness.

3. Thomas Wolfe:

   The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

4. Doug Nemecek:

   People who feel lonely are less healthy, there are many studies linking loneliness to worsening heart disease, cancer, diabetes, depression and substance abuse. In fact, healthwise, loneliness is comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

5. Patch Adams:

   The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it "depression" than calling it "loneliness.