Alone definition

Alone as an adjective

1. isolated from others

   "could be alone in a crowded room"

2. lacking companions or companionship

   "he was alone when we met him"

   Same sense: lonely, lone, solitary

3. exclusive of anyone or anything else

   "she alone believed him"

   Same sense: only

4. radically distinctive and without equal

   "he is alone in the field of microbiology"

   Same sense: unique, unparalleled, unequalled, unequaled

Alone as an adverb

5. without any others being included or involved

   "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"

   Same sense: only, entirely, exclusively, solely

6. without anybody else or anything else

   "the child stayed home alone"

   Same sense: solo, unaccompanied

Synonyms and antonyms

• lonely
• lone
• solitary
• only
• unique
• unparalleled
• unequalled
• unequaled
• entirely
• exclusively
• solely
• solo
• unaccompanied

How to say alone

Alone has 2 syllables and rhymes with own. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with alone

• own
• known
• phone
• shown
• stone
• zone
• loan
• grown
• unknown
• tone
• bone
• telephone

ALONE in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

1

Is ALONE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check ALONE in the word checker, or unscramble ALONE to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.