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solitaire

solitaire

15 4.8
A card game for one person where you try to put cards in order
  • noun
  • /ˈsɒlɪtɛr/
  • US
translation icon : solitario
  • As before, the child seemed immersed in her game of solitaire and sat rigid and motionless.
  • play solitaire
  • a solitaire game
  • computer solitaire

Examples

  • Rita was laying out a game of solitaire on the floor when we came into the house.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • We can run the Microsoft Solitaire collection and we'll just see if it's working.

  • E is now playing solitaire on his computer.

  • Actually, this is my solitaire program.

  • How about if we go after I finish this game of solitaire and before the afternoon talk shows come on?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The rules of solitaire are easy, but it's hard to win.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I won 7 games of solitaire.

    Dead Genesis (2010)

  • I'll just sit here and play solitaire.

    Despicable Me 3 (2017)

  • When she's not at work, she reads, daydreams, or plays solitaire for hours.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • After finishing his work, he enjoyed a relaxing game of solitaire to unwind.

Synonyms

patience
vssolitaire
  • UK
3 7.2

A card game for one player where you put the cards in order

is the same game but used as the more common alternate name
Klondike
vssolitaire
7.1

A card game where you move cards to build piles from ace to king

is the general one-player game covering all rule sets rather than this variant

How Exciting

arcade game
8 3.1
pinball
38 2.1
video game
277 1.0
board game
45 1.7
solitaire
  • US
15 4.8

Surface Forms

solitaire singular
solitaires plural

Etymology

Solitaire for the one-player card game comes from the Latin solitarius, from solus 'alone'. The game is called a solitaire because you play it alone, which is exactly what the word solo tells you.