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isolated

isolated

56 3.8
Far from other places or people and hard to reach
  • adjective
  • /ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd/
translation icon : aislado
  • She enjoys living in an isolated village where the closest neighbor is miles away.
  • remote and isolated
  • isolated areas
  • isolated communities

This is also in sapiens, like isolated tribes that are still around.

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Examples

  • We're very isolated here.

  • It's an isolated piece of land completely surrounded by water.

  • - It's an isolated area, if you enter from the back, nobody can see anything from the street in the front.

  • The Conservatives are isolated and out of touch with the people of Scotland.

  • We're so isolated up here, it might be nice to have a neighbor.

  • The body was found here, in this isolated wooded area, over a mile and a half from any main roads.

  • Yesterday she'd met with the other homeowners in their isolated subdivision far outside the city.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • HALLOWEEN NIGHT, 1933: AUGUSTA JOHNSON lived in the isolated northern quarter of town.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The cabin is in an isolated location, surrounded by mountains and far from any roads.

  • During the storm, we were stranded on an isolated island without any means of communication.

Synonyms

separate
vsisolated
829 2.1

Not joined to another thing and kept apart

stresses actual physical separation rather than just lack of connection
remote
vsisolated
218 3.6

Far away from towns and people

is about physical separation from others rather than only distance wording
solitary
vsisolated
191 4.6

Being alone and not with other people or things

emphasizes being physically separated from people or places rather than solitude feeling
lone
vsisolated
176 2.7

By itself with no other people or things nearby

highlights physical cut off from others rather than simple singularity
lonely
vsisolated
89 1.6

A place with no people or animals present

refers to physical separation rather than the emotional sense of emptiness
obscure
vsisolated
84 7.0

Not well known or famous

is about physical separation from people rather than lack of recognition
secluded
vsisolated
35 5.1

A place not seen or visited by many people

is about being physically cut off rather than merely hidden
detached
vsisolated
3 3.8

A house that stands alone and is not joined to other houses

refers to physical separation of people or places rather than buildings only
cloistered
vsisolated
3 8.7

Living apart from other people and the outside world, often in a quiet place

is physical separation without implying chosen or institutional seclusion
set-apart
vsisolated
1 6.7

Feeling separate from other people or different from them

is specifically about physical cutting off rather than just feeling separate
separated
vsisolated
1.0

Not together with other people, kept apart from them

focuses on physical removal or distance rather than general difference
sequestered
vsisolated
7.4

Kept away from other people in a quiet private place

covers physical separation generally, not only deliberate seclusion
seclusive
vsisolated
7.7

A person who prefers to be alone or a place that gives privacy

is about being physically away rather than a personal solitude preference
curtained off
vsisolated
5.2

An area in a room or building separated from others by a hanging cloth to give privacy

is broader, covering lasting physical separation beyond temporary partitions
disjunct
vsisolated
8.7

Not connected or joined, so parts seem separate

focuses on physical being away rather than only broken associations

Antonyms

2.5

Joined physically, like rooms that touch, or linked by a shared feeling

How Isolated

inaccessible
28 7.9
deserted
1 3.0
isolated
56 3.8
remote
218 3.6
secluded
35 5.1

Surface Forms

isolated positive

Morphology

isolated = isolate (transparent) = isolate + ed

Formed as the past-participle adjective from 'isolate' meaning physically separated, which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Isolated comes from the Latin word insula 'island' and the verb isolate originally meant 'to make an island'. So an isolated place is like an island—far away and cut off from other places.