alone

About 101.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective By oneself, solitary.

   I can't ask for help because I am alone.

2. adjective Not involved in a romantic relationship.
3. adjective Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

   Senator Craddock wants to abolish the estate tax, and she's not alone.

4. adjective Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
5. adjective Mere; consisting of nothing further.
6. adjective Unique; rare; matchless.
7. adverb By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

   She walked home alone.

8. adverb Without outside help.

   The job was too hard for me to do alone.

Similar words

only solely lone lonely exclusively solitary unique exclusive uncomparable unsocial

Often followed by

in is and with can to or was the

Word family

aloneness alonenesses