alone
adjective
1. isolated from others
- could be alone in a crowded room
- was alone with her thoughts
- I want to be alone
Similar word(s): unsocial
2. lacking companions or companionship
- he was alone when we met him
- she is alone much of the time
Similar word(s): unaccompanied, lone, lonely, solitary
3. exclusive of anyone or anything else
- she alone believed him
- cannot live by bread alone
Similar word(s): exclusive, only
4. radically distinctive and without equal
- he is alone in the field of microbiology
- this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem
Similar word(s): incomparable, uncomparable, unequaled, unequalled, unique, unparalleled
Sentences with alone as an adjective:
- I can't ask for help because I am alone.
- Jones alone could do it.
adverb
1. without any others being included or involved
- the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone
Similar word(s): entirely, exclusively, only, solely
2. without anybody else or anything else
- the child stayed home alone
- the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing
Similar word(s): solo, unaccompanied
Sentences with alone as an adverb:
- She walked home alone.
- The job was to hard for me to do alone.
- The responsibility is theirs alone.