sole

The only one, with no others.

• She is the sole owner.
• His sole reason for leaving was the noise.
• This job became their sole source of income.

Similar words: only, single

Common phrases: sole owner, sole reason, sole survivor

Able to act or make decisions independently, without sharing power or needing permission.

• The governor exercised sole authority.
• The agreement gave her sole control over spending.
• He claimed sole power to decide the matter.

Similar words: independent, autonomous

Common phrases: sole authority, sole control, sole power

So special or excellent that nothing else is equal to it.

• The poet praised her sole beauty.
• The jewel shone with sole brilliance.
• His verse celebrates the sole excellence of the painter.

Similar words: matchless, unparalleled, unequalled

Common phrases: sole brilliance, sole beauty

The bottom part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground.

• These shoes have rubber soles.
• The sole of my boot has a hole.
• Thick soles help keep your feet warm.

Common phrases: rubber sole, leather sole, shoe sole

The bottom surface of your foot.

• The sole of my foot hurts.
• Warm sand tickled her soles.
• He had a blister on each sole.

How to use it: the sole of your foot (A thorn stuck in the sole of my foot.)

Similar words: planta

Common phrases: sole of foot, bare sole, sore sole

A sea fish with a flat body, often eaten as food.

• We had sole for dinner.
• She fried the sole in butter.
• The fisherman caught three sole this morning.

Common phrases: grilled sole, sole fillet, lemon sole

To attach a bottom part to a shoe or boot.

• He can sole these boots.
• The cobbler soled my shoes with leather.
• How much does it cost to sole a pair?

How to use it: sole something with something (The cobbler soled the boots with thick rubber.)

Common phrases: sole a shoe, sole a boot