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[ lohn ] / loʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lone ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebeing alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler. standing by itself or apart; isolated: a lone house in the valley. sole; single; only: That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field. unfrequented. without companionship; lonesome; lonely. unmarried or widowed. Origin of lone1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively SYNONYMS FOR lone2 separate, separated, secluded. SEE SYNONYMS FOR lone ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for lone1. See alone. OTHER WORDS FROM loneloneness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH loneloan, lone Words nearby loneLondon, Jack, London plane, London pride, Londres, Londrina, lone, lone hand, lonely, lonely-hearts, lone pair, loner Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lone“During this trip, I did as a lone wolf, I risked a lot,” he said. Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bratton was not ready to say that Brinsley was acting as part of a group or as anything but a lone monster. Two Cops ‘Assassinated’ in Brooklyn|Michael Daly|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST They double down on the plot device of a lone visionary opposed by conventional hierarchies. Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST His lone stable was a girl from Newport News, Virginia, who had already escaped one nightmare. The Navy ‘Hero’ Who Pimped an HIV-Positive Teen|M.L. Nestel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Outside, a lone traffic policeman directs a steady stream of motorbikes. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Lone glanced back as he led the way through the gate which Swan was holding open. No doubt of it, and, so help me, that Messerschmitt must be some kind of a lone escort come out to meet them and lead them home. Dave Dawson at Casablanca|Robert Sydney Bowen She made signs to show that the bears were friendly, and Lone Feather sat down near the door. Blackfeet Indian Stories|George Bird Grinnell A lone skeptic had little chance to beat back the wave of excitement created by the young Robinson's stories. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718|Wallace Notestein And surely to this lone pedestrian every added step must have been an added labour. Old Judge Priest|Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for lone
adjective (prenominal)unaccompanied; solitary single or isolateda lone house a literary word for lonely unmarried or widowed Derived forms of loneloneness, nounWord Origin for loneC14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lonesolitary, lonely, sole, abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonesome, one, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, solo, unaccompanied, unique, onliest |