Alone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being apart from others; solitary.
  • adj. Being without anyone or anything else; only.
  • adj. Considered separately from all others of the same class.
  • adj. Being without equal; unique.
  • ad. Without others: sang alone while the choir listened.
  • ad. Without help: carried the suitcases alone.
  • ad. Exclusively; only: The burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. By one's self, solitary.
  • adj. Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
  • adj. Considered separately.
  • adj. Without equal.
  • ad. By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo
  • ad. Without outside help.
  • ad. Exclusively.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing.
  • adj. Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.
  • adj. Sole; only; exclusive.
  • adj. Hence; Unique; rare; matchless.
  • ad. Solely; simply; exclusively.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Apart from another or others; single or singly; solitary or solitarily; without the aid or company of another: applied to a person or thing: as, to be or remain alone; to walk alone.
  • Only; to the exclusion of other persons or things; sole or solely: as, he alone remained.
  • Without a parallel; above or beyond all others; unique.
  • Devoid; destitute.
  • In each of these examples only would now be considered better, though not alone for not only is in common use. Alone means unaccompanied: as, he stood alone. Only applies to that of which there is no other: as, an only son; adverbially, only this.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. without anybody else or anything else
  • ad. without any others being included or involved
  • adj. exclusive of anyone or anything else
  • adj. lacking companions or companionship
  • adj. radically distinctive and without equal
  • adj. isolated from others
  • Equivalent
    Cross Reference
    only    merely    to let alone   
    Form
    alonely    leave alone    let alone   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    single    solitary    only    sole    exclusive    hence    unique    rare    matchless    solely   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastogne    Bayonne    Capone    Cohn    Cologne    Dijon    Goan    Joan    Leone    Malone   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    now    else    only    almost    for    down    above    virtually    heavenly    least