solitary
Alone, with no other people or things nearby.
solitary in a sentence
- A solitary lighthouse stood on the empty headland, miles from the nearest village.
- One solitary duck floated on the pond long after all the others had flown away.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to solitary?
- Asociable
- Balone
- Ctogether
- Dcrowded
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B: alone. The other three mean the opposite of solitary.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to solitary?
- Aalone
- Bcrowded
- Csingle
- Dlone
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B: crowded. The other three mean nearly the same as solitary.
Words that mean something similar
alone, lone, single
Words that mean the opposite
crowded, together, sociable
More words about places & settings
- subterranean: Existing or happening under the ground.
- summit: The very top of a mountain or hill.
- thicket: A thick group of bushes and small trees growing close together.
- tranquil: Completely calm, quiet and peaceful.
- treacherous: Dangerous and full of hidden risks, or unable to be trusted.
- undergrowth: The bushes and plants that grow thickly under trees.
- vacant: Empty, with nobody using it.
- verge: The edge of something, or the moment just before something happens.
More words to explore
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