solo

Examples

• All

• He's going solo.

  Rock of Ages (2012)

• Don't think this life is better solo and on your own.

• I have just been solo walking in the morning.

• I go to the movie theater solo all the time and enjoy the experience.

  Blog text (4)

• Looks like I'm going solo tonight.

  Memory (2022)

• As school librarians, we often fly solo in our buildings.

  Academic text (2012)

• Turns out he was taking vacations solo.

  Bundy Manor (2022)

• We urged him to lean on us, but he was determined to go solo.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Yes, today I've gone solo and I'm taking over the channel.

• We're riding solo.

  Paintball Massacre (2020)

Synonyms

A

alone

vssolo

∞ 1.0

By yourself with no other people present

is a neutral way to express being without other people

S

separately

vssolo

148 2.1

Each person does it alone rather than together

focuses on physical absence of others rather than separation in order

I

individually

vssolo

136 2.5

Happening one at a time and not with others

describes the physical state of having no other people present

I

independently

vssolo

121 2.9

Without help from other people

is about physical absence of others rather than freedom from control

S

single-handedly

vssolo

57 4.1

Without help from other people

focuses on being without other people rather than achievement alone

U

unaccompanied

vssolo

14 4.6

Without another person to go with you

is the general term for doing something without other people

S

singly

vssolo

5 4.6

One at a time rather than in a group

is about being without other people at the same moment, not sequence

A

autonomously

vssolo

4 5.3

In a way that is independent and not controlled by others

emphasizes lack of company rather than independence of control

U

unaided

vssolo

3 4.9

Done without help from other people

stresses being without others present more than lack of help

S

single-handed

vssolo

3 3.8

One person does something without help from other people

describes the general state rather than achievement by one person

U

unchaperoned

vssolo

3 7.0

Alone without an adult to watch or guide them

means lack of company in general, not specifically no supervision

U

unassisted

vssolo

2 3.9

Without help from anyone else

highlights absence of other people rather than absence of help

S

solitarily

vssolo

6.8

By oneself without other people

is the broader everyday word for being without others

O

on one's tod

vssolo

• UK

9.9

Alone without other people

is the neutral term used in formal or general contexts

Antonyms

T

together

∞ 1.0

With other people to do something as a group

A

accompanied

3.7

With other people present, not alone

Compounds

S

solo homer

• Jargon

1 6.5

A home run hit when no one is on base that scores one run

S

shred guitar solo

• Jargon

7.9

A very fast guitar solo that shows great skill

S

solo blast

• Jargon

6.4

A home run with no other players on base that scores one run

S

Solo man

• Specialized

9.9

An extinct early human known from fossils found in Java

How Alone

alone

∞ 1.0

solo

60 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology