lonely synonyms

lonely

modif.

  1. Without company

    forlorn, lonesome, solitary, lone, alone, abandoned, comfortless, forsaken, friendless, deserted, desolate, homeless, bereft, companionless, withdrawn, secluded, unattended, by oneself, empty, apart, unsocial, reclusive, anchoritic, troglodytic, single, lorn, rejected, unaccompanied, unbefriended, disconsolate, uncherished, unwanted, outcast, alienated, lonely-hearts; see also homesick.

    Antonyms accompanied, associated, social.

  2. Inaccessible or unfrequented

    remote, desolate, unfrequented, uninhabited; see isolated. See syn. study at alone.

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