solitary
Meaning of solitary
- One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
- Solitary confinement.
The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary.
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- Performed, passed, or endured alone
a solitary journey
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
a solitary residence or place
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
the solitary desert
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
- Single; individual; sole.
a solitary example
- Not associated with others of the same kind.
noun
The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct flightless bird.
Information about solitary
- The plural form of solitary is: solitaries.
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Hyphenation of solitary
soli-tary
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- solitary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
solitary synonyms
Meaning lone:
lone, lonely, lonesome, only, sole
Meaning nongregarious:
Meaning alone:
Meaning lonely:
Meaning hermit:
hermit, recluse, solitudinarian, troglodyte
Translation of solitary
- Portuguese: solitário, solitária, só, sozinho, sozinha
- German: allein, einzeln
- French: seul, solitaire
- Italian: solo, solitario
- Spanish: solitario, solo
Anagrams of solitary
Words that rhyme with solitary
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