solitary Definition

solitary
adj

1. Single; lone.

Thesaurus: sole, lone, single, individual, separate; Antonym: accompanied.
2. Preferring to be alone; not social.

Thesaurus: reclusive, alone, isolated, lonely, private, hermitic, sequestered; Antonym: gregarious.
3. Without companions; lonely.
4. Remote; secluded.
5. bot.
Growing single.
6. Said of insects: not living in groups or colonies.

noun solitaries

1. Someone who lives alone, especially a hermit.
2. colloq
Solitary confinement.

Derivative: solitarily
adverb

Derivative: solitariness
noun

Etymology: 14c: from Latin solitarius, from solus alone.