Synonyms for lonely
ˈloʊn lilone·ly

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1. lonelyadjective

   Of place, unfrequented by people; desolate.

   Synonyms:
   desert, desolate, unpeopled, empty, unpopulated

2. lonelyadjective

   Of person, without companions; solitary.

   Synonyms:
   unaccompanied, alone, solitary

3. lonelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lonesome

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1. 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:
   accompanied, inhabited, social, elated

2. lonely, lonesomeadjective

   marked by dejection from being alone

   "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

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

   Antonyms:
   elated, accompanied, inhabited, social

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:
   social, inhabited, elated, accompanied

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

   Antonyms:
   social, elated, accompanied, inhabited

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. lonelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   apart, retired, solitary, secluded, isolated, sequestered, remote, dreary, lonesome

2. lonelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lone, alone, solitary, unaccompanied, companionless

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1. lonelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   sequestered, solitary, unfrequented, lonesome, desolate, dreary, lorn

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1. List of paraphrases for "lonely":

   solitary, solitaire, lonesome, solitude, loneliness, ionely, alone, only, lone, single, hermit, ionesome, sole, isolated

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1. Lobsang Sangay:

   Being a leader is a lonely place, you got to be responsible for the decision you made that effect a lot of people. And when you make a decision it's never clear that your decision is right or wrong, it's always in a gray-area.

2. Elizabeth Bowen:

   Only in a house where one has learnt to be lonely does one have this solicitude for things. One's relation to them, the daily seeing or touching, begins to become love, and to lay one open to pain.

3. Brandon Gommer:

   and before you, I never really knew what lonely was. I can't go a day without feeling like I'm missing something. Truth is, I am missing something. I'm missing you..

4. Aaron J. Munzer:

   I'd come out of the closet but the skeletons would get lonely.

5. Andrew Morris:

   Maybe I'm projecting, but I think everyone is pretty lonely right now. I am certainly a lot lonelier right now than I would usually be.