Thesaurus: lone

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1. n. A lane. See Loanin.
2. a. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.
3. a. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
4. a. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house.
5. a. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
6. adj. lacking companions or companionship
7. adj. characterized by or preferring solitude
8. adj. being the only one; single and isolated from others
9. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.] 1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher. When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared, And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. Shenstone. 2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic] Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman. Collection of Records (1642). A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear. Shak. 3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house. " A lone isle." Pope. By a lone well a lonelier column rears. Byron. 4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary. Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls, And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. Pope.
10. A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
11. j:100 s. characterized by or preferring solitude s. being the only one; single and isolated from others