different between lonely vs lone

English

Etymology

From lone +? -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??nli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lo?nli/

Adjective

lonely (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)

1. Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
2. (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
3. (of a person) Without companions; solitary.

Synonyms

• (dejected): lonesome
• (unfrequented by people): desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated
• (without companions): solitary, alone, unaccompanied

Related terms

• lone

Translations

Anagrams

• Nolley

English

Etymology

Shortened from alone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lo?n/

• Rhymes: -??n

• Homophone: loan

Adjective

lone (not comparable)

1. Solitary; having no companion.
   • 1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules

     When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.

   • The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
3. Sole; being the only one of a type.
4. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
5. (archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
   • c. 1715, Alexander Pope, Epistle To Mrs Teresa Blount

     Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls, / And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.

6. (archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
   • Collection of Records (1642)

     Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.

Synonyms

• only

Derived terms

Related terms

• alone

Translations

Anagrams

• Elon, Leno, Leon, León, NOEL, Noel, Nole, Noël, elon, enol, leno, neol., noel, nole, noël, one L

Afrikaans

Noun

lone

1. plural of loon

Dutch

Verb

lone

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lonen

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lone]

Noun

lone n

1. locative singular of lono

Yola

Noun

lone

1. Alternative form of lhoan