He put up a brave and lone struggle, but up against such heavy odds he couldn't get his business plan accepted.
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Lone
/loʊn/
Synonyms for "lone" (108 found)
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Strong matches (32)
Noun(1 words)
most singleton
Adverb(1 words)
most solitary person
Determiner(2 words)
one performer pieceone sided work
Related words (54)
Adjective(11 words)
singlesingle party actsolitary classroomsolitary instancesolitary livingsolitary livingssolitary personsolitary studio lifesolitary studysolitary tendencyunaccompanied
Determiner(1 words)
single digit operations
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6 entrieslone copylone exceptionlone figurelone instancelone researcherlone student
Collocations
6 entrieslone copylone rangerlone starlone survivorlone voicelone wolf
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
22 total sentences available.
"Now that I think of it, where's Tanimoto?" "Playing the lone wolf, as always."
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When the tip was a lone dime thrown into a glass, the waitress would raise the glass while hastily preparing the table for the next customer. She would then spill the water and that would be it.
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A lone sailboat is sailing against the wind.
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