isolated

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. not close together in time

- isolated instances of rebellion

Similar word(s): sporadic, stray

2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others

- could not remain the isolated figure he had been

Similar word(s): separate, detached, separated

3. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements

- little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara

Similar word(s): separate, disjunct

4. cut off or left behind

- an isolated pawn

Similar word(s): unaccompanied, marooned, stranded

5. under forced isolation especially for health reasons

- isolated patients

Similar word(s): segregated, unintegrated, quarantined

6. remote and separate physically or socially

- tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization

Similar word(s): unconnected, apart, obscure

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of isolate