alone

Examples

• All

• Sure, that's tough, but in a sense, we're all alone in this world, aren't we, Charlie?

  Fiction book (1991)

• To say that any of you can do this alone is delusion.

• My friends, you and you alone control your life.

• What should time alone teach us?

• One day, when we were alone, I finally got the nerve up to ask him.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "One does not abandon an animal one loves, let alone a child," she said.

  Fiction book (1992)

• There used to be a grain tower alone on the sea.

• You wouldn't have enough money, let alone enough friends, to use all that.

  Gabriel (2007)

• There's not a single cop around for like three hours, let alone another human being.

  A Town Full of Ghosts (2022)

• But it's worth noting that rarity alone does not confer value.

Synonyms

S

single

vsalone

∞ 1.0

For one person or thing, not shared with others

is stronger, implying it is the only kind and without equal

U

unique

vsalone

∞ 3.5

The only one of its kind

adds emphasis on being unmatched in quality as well as being the only kind

S

sole

vsalone

253 3.7

Only one person or thing not shared with others

frames that solitude as a kind difference and also as unmatched

O

one of a kind

vsalone

66 3.6

Only one thing or person like it exists

also stresses lack of any equal, not just rarity

O

one and only

vsalone

65 3.9

A single person or thing that is special and has no equal

adds the idea of being without equal as well as sole status

U

unparalleled

vsalone

38 6.7

Better than anything else in quality or size

is closer to being the only kind rather than only superior quality

S

singular

vsalone

34 5.6

The only one of its kind

focuses more on being unmatched across comparison than mere exception

L

lonesome

vsalone

7 3.5

Alone and not near other people or things

is about unique status and lack of equal, not about loneliness

U

unequaled

vsalone

• US

4 6.2

Better than any other person or thing

emphasizes uniqueness in kind rather than primarily superiority

Antonyms

C

common

797 1.0

Happening often or seen in many places

O

ordinary

683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

Idioms

L

let alone

185 3.4

To say that one thing is even less likely or possible than another

L

let alone

21 3.0

To show that something is even less likely than what was just mentioned

Compounds

S

stand-alone

• Specialized

12 4.9

Able to work by itself without other equipment

S

sauce-alone

9.9

A leafy herb with a mild garlic smell used in salads or cooking

How Unique

peerless

5 7.2

alone

289 1.0

distinctive

104 3.9

uncommon

122 4.6

Surface Forms

Etymology