solitude
Plural: solitudes
Noun
- The state of being alone, often by choice; seclusion.
- a state of social isolation
- the state or situation of being alone
- a solitary place
- Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
- A lonely or deserted place.
Examples
- He enjoyed the solitude of late-night Words With Friends games, free from distractions.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English solitude, from Old French solitude. By surface analysis, sole + -itude.
Synonyms
purdah, aloneness, back of beyond, bumfuck, corner, hermitage, hermitry, hidey-hole, isolation, loneliness, loneness, onehead, oneship, onliness, onlyhood, seclusion, solitariness, solitude
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
solitude: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsolitude: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
solitude: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary