Synonyms for SOLITARY
ˈsɒl ɪˌtɛr isoli·ta·ry

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1. solitary

   Synonyms:
   sole, single, only, lone, lonely, private, remote, retired, sequestered, desolate, uninhabited, desert

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1. solitary confinement, solitarynoun

   confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

   "he was held in solitary"

   Synonyms:
   solitudinarian, hermit, solitary, solitary confinement, troglodyte, recluse

   Antonyms:
   social, gregarious, inhabited, multiple, accompanied

2. hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyteadjective

   one who lives in solitude

   Synonyms:
   caveman, troglodyte, recluse, solitary, anchorite, cave man, solitudinarian, cave dweller, hermit, solitary confinement

   Antonyms:
   accompanied, gregarious, social, multiple, inhabited

3. lone(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:
   gregarious, multiple, accompanied, social, inhabited

4. nongregarious, nonsocial, solitaryadjective

   of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies

   "solitary bees"

   Synonyms:
   unfrequented, solitary(a), solitary, lonely(a), nongregarious, lonely, nonsocial, alone(p), sole(a), only(a), lone(a), lonesome(a)

   Antonyms:
   accompanied, gregarious, inhabited, multiple, social

5. 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:
   multiple, accompanied, gregarious, inhabited, social

6. lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)adjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   accompanied, multiple, inhabited, gregarious, social

7. lonely, 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, lonely, nonsocial, alone(p), sole(a), only(a), lone(a), lonesome(a)

   Antonyms:
   inhabited, social, multiple, accompanied, gregarious

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1. • Confinement

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1. lonliness

   existing alone; living or going without companions

   "we can keep just living in solitary like this."

   Submitted by anonymous on April 16, 2020  

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1. solitaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   lone, lonely, alone, unaccompanied, companionless, without society, without company

2. solitaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   isolated, secluded, unfrequented, uninhabited, retired, deserted

3. solitaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   dismal, gloomy, desolate, cheerless, lonesome

4. solitaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   single, sole, individual

5. solitarynoun

   Synonyms:
   hermit, anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitaire, EREMITE

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1. solitaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfrequented, secluded, lonely, single, individual, eremetic, hermitical

2. solitarynoun

   Synonyms:
   recluse, anchoret, hermit, eremite

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1. List of paraphrases for "solitary":

   solitaire, lonely, unilateral, isolation, lone, lonesome, incommunicado, hermit, regime, isolated

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1. Trev McKendry:

   Ilkhani, 21 -- were arrested in their hometown of Tehran on November 10, 2015by the Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, according to the music blog Loudwire. Citing a letter from a friend of the band posted on the Canadian music site Metal Nation Radio, it says the two were charged with blasphemy, advertising against the system, forming and operating an underground record label that promotes the satanic metal/rock style of music, writing religious, atheistic, political and anarchistic lyrics, and interviewing with radio stations based in other nations. The letter said the pair had been held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison for nearly two months in solitary confinement, were only released on Feb. 5 after they paid 1,000,000,000 Rial( about $ 30,000), and now await trial. Trev McKendry, who posted the anonymous letter on Metal Nation Radio, posted a video on YouTube telling Confess that the global heavy metal community is behind them. I've taken [ spreading the word ] upon myself because my source, who is close to the band, reached out to me and specifically said that they asked me to help.

2. Craig Haney:

   The widespread consensus among mental health professionals is that solitary confinement, for the overall majority of mentally ill prisoners, places them at severe risk of additional harm.

3. Warren Gamaliel Harding:

   Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

4. Brian Nelson:

   I ask everyone [ who asks about solitary confinement ] to give up their cellphones, their TVs, everything, for a weekend, and then lock themselves in the bathroom, most of the people who try it come out after a few hours. They're like,' No.'.

5. John Wesley:

   There is no such thing as a solitary Christian.