lone

[ lohn ]

adjective

1. being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:

   a lone traveler.

2. standing by itself or apart; isolated:

   a lone house in the valley.

   Synonyms: secluded, separate

3. sole; single; only:

   That company constitutes our lone competitor in the field.

4. unfrequented.
5. without companionship; lonesome; lonely.
6. unmarried or widowed.

lone

/ ləʊn /

adjective

1. unaccompanied; solitary
2. single or isolated

   a lone house

3. a literary word for lonely
4. unmarried or widowed

Derived Forms

• ˈloneness, noun

Other Words From

• loneness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lone¹

1325–75; Middle English; aphetic var of alone, used attributively

Word History and Origins

Origin of lone¹

C14: from the mistaken division of alone into a lone

Synonym Study

See alone.

Example Sentences

Mr McGreanery, a shop assistant, was shot after a member of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards – known as Soldier A - opened fire from an Army sanger overlooking the junctions of Eastway, Lone Moor Road and Westland Street.

From BBC

It sure looks as if he scrambled to develop this novel theory to assure Trump of his fealty and avoid getting bumped off the Supreme Court short list for his lone defection from MAGA.

From Slate

Democrats, meanwhile, appear to be holding on in North Carolina’s lone swing district, the First, where Rep. Don Davis leads in the vote total with 99% reporting.

From Salon

The Republican still appeared flummoxed on Sept. 10, when he faced Harris in their lone debate.

From Los Angeles Times

Seth Bluestein, Philadelphia's lone Republican commissioner, echoed that assessment.

From Salon

Related Words

• lonely
• sole
• solitary