sole

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 13.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Only.
2. adjective Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
3. adjective Unique; unsurpassed.

   The sole brilliance of this gem.

4. adjective With independent power; unfettered.

   A sole authority.

5. noun The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
6. noun The bottom of a shoe or boot.
7. noun The foot itself.
8. noun Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.

Similar words

only single lone lonesome solitary exclusive unshared resole fillet of sole exclusively

Often followed by

purpose and of object source responsibility cause proprietorship right reason

Word family

soled solely soleness solenesses soles soling