It's because you don't want to be alone.
Source: tatoeba (1301)
Alone
//əˈləʊn//
Synonyms for "alone" (146 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
out-of-the-wayparticularlypeerlessper seplainlyprivateproperpurelyremoteremovedretiredrootlesssecludedsecond to noneseparateseparatedseparatelyseverallysimplysimply and solely
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Adverb(12 words)
Adverb(3 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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12 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesderived
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
similar
7 entriesTranslations
249 translations across 87 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μόνος adj (by oneself)
Arabic
4 entries- لحال adv (by oneself)
- لحال adv (by oneself)
- لوحد adv (by oneself)
- مُنْفَرِد adv (by oneself)
Aramaic
1 entries- לחוד adj (by oneself)
Armenian
1 entries- մենակ adv (by oneself)
Aromanian
1 entries- singur adv (by oneself)
Assamese
1 entries- অকলে adv (by oneself)
Basque
3 entries- bakarrik adv (by oneself)
- bakarrik adv (without outside help)
- bakarrik adv (only)
Bavarian German
1 entries- alloa adj (by oneself)
Belarusian
4 entries- адзі́н adj (by oneself)
- сам adj (by oneself)
- сам adv (by oneself)
- сам adv (without outside help)
Bulgarian
4 entries- сам adj (by oneself)
- единствено adv (only)
- сам adv (by oneself)
- сам adv (without outside help)
Catalan
4 entries- sol adj (by oneself)
- sol adj (unique)
- únic adj (unique)
- només adv (only)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- kéŋ·e-t·i adj (by oneself)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏩᏌ adj (by oneself)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 單獨 /单独 adv (by oneself)
- 獨自 /独自 adv (by oneself)
Czech
2 entries- sám adj (by oneself)
- sám adv (by oneself)
Dalmatian
1 entries- sanglo adv (by oneself)
Danish
4 entries- alene adj (by oneself)
- alene adv (by oneself)
- alene adv (without outside help)
- alene adv (only)
Dutch
3 entries- alleen adj (by oneself)
- alleen adv (by oneself)
- alleen adv (without outside help)
Egyptian
1 entries- wa:D36*Z1 adj (by oneself)
Esperanto
2 entries- sola adj (by oneself)
- sole adv (by oneself)
Estonian
4 entries- ainult adv (only)
- ise adv (without outside help)
- üksi adv (by oneself)
- üksi adv (only)
Fijian
2 entries- duadua adv (only)
- taudua adv (by oneself)
Finnish
4 entries- ainutlaatuinen adj (unique)
- yksinäinen adj (by oneself)
- yksinään adj (by oneself)
- ainoastaan adv (only)
French
2 entries- seul adj (by oneself)
- seul adv (by oneself)
Friulian
2 entries- bessôl adv (by oneself)
- sôl adv (by oneself)
Galician
2 entries- só adj (by oneself)
- único adj (unique)
Georgian
4 entries- მარტო adj (unique)
- დაუხმარებლად adv (without outside help)
- ეული adv (by oneself)
- მარტო adv (by oneself)
German
4 entries- allein adj (by oneself)
- eläi adj (by oneself)
- allei adv (by oneself)
- allein adv (by oneself)
Greek
4 entries- μοναδικός adj (unique)
- μόνο adv (only)
- μόνος adv (by oneself)
- μόνος adv (without outside help)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְבַד adv (by oneself)
Hindi
2 entries- अकेला adj (by oneself)
- अकेला adv (by oneself)
Hungarian
4 entries- egyedül adj (by oneself)
- csakis adv (only)
- csupán adv (only)
- egyedül adv (by oneself)
Icelandic
2 entries- einn adj (by oneself)
- ein adv (by oneself)
Indonesian
2 entries- sendiri adj (by oneself)
- sendirian adj (by oneself)
Irish
1 entries- aonraic adj (by oneself)
Italian
4 entries- da solo adj (by oneself)
- da solo adj (unique)
- solo adj (by oneself)
- solo adj (unique)
Japanese
2 entries- 一人 adv (by oneself)
- 単独 adv (by oneself)
Kazakh
1 entries- жалғыз adv (by oneself)
Korean
1 entries- 홀로 adv (by oneself)
Lao
1 entries- ດຽວ adv (by oneself)
Latin
2 entries- sōlus adj (by oneself)
- solus adv (by oneself)
Latvian
2 entries- tikai adv (by oneself)
- viens pats adv (by oneself)
Livonian
1 entries- ikšiggiņ adv (by oneself)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- eleng adv (by oneself)
Macedonian
1 entries- сам adv (by oneself)
Malay
1 entries- bersendirian adv (by oneself)
Malayalam
4 entries- ഒറ്റക്ക് adj (by oneself)
- ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് adv (by oneself)
- ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് adv (without outside help)
- തനിച്ച് adv (by oneself)
Maltese
1 entries- waħdi adv (by oneself)
Marathi
3 entries- एकटा adj (by oneself)
- एकटी adj (by oneself)
- एकटे adj (by oneself)
Māori
1 entries- tōtahi adv (by oneself)
Norwegian
4 entries- alene adv (without outside help)
- alene adv (only)
- bare adv (only)
- kun adv (only)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alene adv (by oneself)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- åleine adv (by oneself)
Occitan
2 entries- sol adj (by oneself)
- sol adv (by oneself)
Odia
2 entries- ଏକଲା adj (by oneself)
- ଏକା adv (by oneself)
Old English
4 entries- ān adj (by oneself)
- āna adv (by oneself)
- āna adv (without outside help)
- āna adv (only)
Old Prussian
1 entries- āins adv (by oneself)
Old Tupi
1 entries- anhõ adv (only)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یالڭز adj (by oneself)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- сам adj (by oneself)
Persian
3 entries- تنها adv (by oneself)
- تنهایی adv (by oneself)
- یکه adv (by oneself)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- auleen adv (by oneself)
Polish
4 entries- sam adj (by oneself)
- sam adv (without outside help)
- samodzielnie adv (without outside help)
- samotnie adv (by oneself)
Portuguese
4 entries- sozinho adj (by oneself)
- só adj (by oneself)
- único adj (unique)
- sozinho adv (by oneself)
Quechua
2 entries- paylla adj (unique)
- sapa adj (unique)
Romanian
3 entries- singur adj (by oneself)
- singur adv (by oneself)
- singur adv (only)
Romansch
3 entries- parsul adv (by oneself)
- persul adv (by oneself)
- sulet adv (by oneself)
Russian
4 entries- оди́н adj (by oneself)
- сам adj (by oneself)
- без посторо́нней по́мощи adv (without outside help)
- в одино́чку adv (without outside help)
Sanskrit
1 entries- एकाकी adv (by oneself)
Sardinian
3 entries- solu adj (by oneself)
- solu adv (by oneself)
- sou adv (by oneself)
Scots
1 entries- alane adv (by oneself)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sȃm adj (unique)
- са̑м adj (unique)
- sȃm adv (by oneself)
- са̑м adv (by oneself)
Sicilian
2 entries- sulu adj (by oneself)
- sulu adv (by oneself)
Slovak
4 entries- sám adj (by oneself)
- jedine adv (only)
- osamote adv (by oneself)
- samostatne adv (without outside help)
Spanish
4 entries- a solas adj (by oneself)
- solo adj (by oneself)
- solo adv (by oneself)
- solo adv (without outside help)
Swedish
4 entries- allena adj (unique)
- ensam adj (by oneself)
- allena adv (by oneself)
- bara adv (only)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠄꠇꠟꠣ adj (by oneself)
Thai
1 entries- เดียว adv (by oneself)
Tongan
1 entries- tokotaha adv (by oneself)
Turkish
3 entries- yalnız adj (by oneself)
- tek adv (by oneself)
- yalnız adv (by oneself)
Ukrainian
4 entries- оди́н adj (by oneself)
- сам adj (by oneself)
- оди́н adv (by oneself)
- сам adv (by oneself)
Urdu
3 entries- اَکیلَا adj (by oneself)
- تنہا adj (by oneself)
- اکیلا adv (by oneself)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chỉ adv (only)
- một mình adv (by oneself)
- một mình adv (without outside help)
- thôi adv (only)
Welsh
1 entries- unig adv (by oneself)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַליין adv (by oneself)
Zazaki
2 entries- tenya (diq) adv (by oneself)
- teyna adv (by oneself)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ʻáa adv (by oneself)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Every person who is alone is alone because they are afraid of others.
Source: tatoeba (1367)
When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room.
Source: tatoeba (2464)
If you don't want to stay alone, I can keep you company.
Source: tatoeba (6038)
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