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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking companions or companionship;
- Example: "he was alone when we met him"
- Example: "she is alone much of the time"
- Example: "the lone skier on the mountain"
- Example: "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"
- Example: "a lonely soul"
- Example: "a solitary traveler"
[syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]

2. characterized by or preferring solitude;
- Example: "a lone wolf"
- Example: "a lonely existence"
- Example: "a man of a solitary disposition"
- Example: "a solitary walk"
[syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]

3. being the only one; single and isolated from others;
- Example: "the lone doctor in the entire county"
- Example: "a lonesome pine"
- Example: "an only child"
- Example: "the sole heir"
- Example: "the sole example"
- Example: "a solitary instance of cowardice"
- Example: "a solitary speck in the sky"
[syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lone \Lone\, a. [Abbrev. fr. alone.]
   1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad
      from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or
      watcher.
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            When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,
            And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
                                                  --Shenstone.
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   2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. [Archaic]
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            Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.   --Collection
                                                  of Records
                                                  (1642).
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            A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman
            to bear.                              --Shak.
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   3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by
      itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a
      lone house. " A lone isle." --Pope.
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            By a lone well a lonelier column rears. --Byron.
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   4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
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            Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,
            And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lone \Lone\, n.
   A lane. See Loanin. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lone
    adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when
           we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone
           skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a
           tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
           [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
    2: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a
       lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a
       solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
    3: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
       lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
       only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary
       instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn:
       lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a),
       solitary(a)]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "lone":
   a certain, abandoned, absolute, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof,
   an, any, any one, apart, atomic, azygous, celibate, companionless,
   deserted, detached, either, exclusive, first and last, forsaken,
   friendless, homeless, impair, in solitude, individual, indivisible,
   insular, integral, irreducible, isolated, kithless, lonely,
   lonesome, monadic, monistic, odd, one, one and only, only,
   only-begotten, particular, removed, rootless, secluded, separate,
   separated, simple, single, single-handed, singular, sole, solid,
   solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unanalyzable,
   unassisted, unattended, undivided, unescorted, unexampled, uniform,
   unique, unitary, unpaired, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unseconded,
   unsupported, whole, withdrawn