alone

Without other people near you or with you.

• I am alone at home.
• She was alone in the room.
• Are you afraid when you are alone?

Similar words: by yourself, on your own, solitary

Common phrases: be alone, home alone, all alone, completely alone

Without friends or people who care about you, often making you feel sad.

• He feels very alone.
• She felt alone after moving to a new city.
• You are never completely alone when someone cares about you.

Similar words: lonely, isolated

Common phrases: feel alone, alone in life, all alone

Without other people who share your opinions, feelings, or experiences.

• You are not alone in feeling worried.
• He was alone in opposing the plan.
• Many others share your experience, so you are not alone.

How to use it: alone in doing something (He is not alone in wanting a change.); alone in something (She felt alone in her beliefs.)

Similar words: isolated

Common phrases: alone in something, not alone, alone in thinking

Without another person coming with you or being present.

• She lives alone.
• I walked home alone last night.
• Do you prefer eating alone?

Similar words: by yourself, on your own, solo

Opposites: together

Common phrases: travel alone, live alone, walk alone

Without help from anyone else.

• I can do it alone.
• She built the shelves alone.
• Could you finish this job alone?

Similar words: independently, by yourself, unaided

Common phrases: do something alone, manage alone, work alone

Without other people taking part or coming with you.

• He went to the cinema alone.
• She travelled alone across the country.
• Would you rather walk alone today?

Similar words: by yourself, on your own

Opposites: together

Common phrases: go alone, walk alone, travel alone

Only the person or thing mentioned, without including anything else.

• The rent alone costs a fortune.
• Planning alone took three weeks.
• Words alone cannot solve this problem.

Similar words: only, solely

Common phrases: rent alone, planning alone, words alone