He put up a brave and lone struggle, but up against such heavy odds he couldn't get his business plan accepted.
Source: tatoeba (239900)
Lone
//loʊn//
Synonyms for "lone" (85 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
10 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μόνος adj (sole)
Arabic
1 entries- مُنَعْزِل adj (having no companion)
Bashkir
2 entries- берҙән-бер adj (sole)
- яңғыҙ adj (having no companion)
Bulgarian
3 entries- сам adj (having no companion)
- самотен adj (sole)
- уединен adj (isolated)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎤᏩᏌ adj (having no companion)
- ᎤᏩᏌ adj (sole)
Dutch
1 entries- alleen adj (having no companion)
Esperanto
1 entries- sola adj (having no companion)
Finnish
4 entries- ainoa adj (sole)
- yksi adj (sole)
- yksinäinen adj (having no companion)
- yksinäinen adj (isolated)
French
4 entries- isolé adj (isolated)
- isolé adj (situated with no neighbours)
- seul adj (having no companion)
- seul adj (isolated)
German
1 entries- einzeln adj (having no companion)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sèl adj (having no companion)
Hebrew
2 entries- בּוֹדֵד adj (having no companion)
- יְחִידִי adj (sole)
Hungarian
1 entries- egyedül adj (having no companion)
Irish
3 entries- aonarach adj (having no companion)
- aonartha adj (having no companion)
- aonarúil adj (having no companion)
Italian
1 entries- solo adj (having no companion)
Japanese
1 entries- 一人の adj (having no companion)
Karaim
1 entries- yañhız adj (having no companion)
Kazakh
2 entries- жалғыз adj (having no companion)
- жаңғыз adj (having no companion)
Korean
1 entries- 고독의 adj (having no companion)
Kumyk
1 entries- янгуз adj (having no companion)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жаңгыз adj (having no companion)
Māori
1 entries- tōtahi adj (sole)
Northern Altai
1 entries- ньагыс adj (having no companion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ensom adj (having no companion)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- یالڭز adj (having no companion)
- یالڭز adj (sole)
Portuguese
1 entries- só adj (having no companion)
Russian
1 entries- одино́кий adj (having no companion)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јаҥыс adj (having no companion)
Spanish
1 entries- solo adj (having no companion)
Swedish
1 entries- ensam adj (having no companion)
Tatar
1 entries- яңгыз adj (having no companion)
Telugu
1 entries- ఒంటరి adj (having no companion)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ṣeske adj (having no companion)
Tuvan
1 entries- чаңгыс adj (having no companion)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
"Now that I think of it, where's Tanimoto?" "Playing the lone wolf, as always."
Source: tatoeba (328291)
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.
Source: tatoeba (391288)
A lone sailboat is sailing against the wind.
Source: tatoeba (929988)
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