isolated
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