alone

/əˈləʊn/

IPA: /AH0 L OW1 N/

adjective

1
By oneself, solitary.
“I can't ask for help because I am alone.”
2
Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
“Jones alone could do it.”
3
Considered separately.
4
Without equal.
5
Unique; rare; matchless.

adverb

1
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
“She walked home alone.”
syn:by one's lonesome lonelily on one's lonesome singlely solitarily solo
2
Without outside help.
“The job was too hard for me to do alone.”
syn:by one's lonesome by oneself on one's lonesome singlehanded singlehandedly
3
Exclusively.
“The responsibility is theirs alone.”
syn:entirely solely

Synonyms

by one's lonesome by oneself on one's lonesome singlehanded singlehandedly by one's lonesome lonelily on one's lonesome singlely solitarily

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