Only

//ˈɑːn.li//

Synonyms for "only" (129 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

Adjective(2 words)
solebare
Adjective(1 words)
alone
Adverb(2 words)
alonebut

Strong matches (39)

Adverb(2 words)
expresslyliterally
Adjective(2 words)
lonemere
Adjective(2 words)
lonelonesome
Particle(1 words)
nia

Related words (64)

Adverb(1 words)
nothing but
Adverb(2 words)
simplysolely
Adjective(2 words)
solesolitary
Particle(1 words)
that's all

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More specific

2 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

29 entries

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capable of

2 entries

dbpedia genre

3 entries

derived

79 entries

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

41 entries

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similar

2 entries

Translations

463 translations across 104 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • vetëm adj (alone in a category)
  • vetëm adj (without sibling)
  • vetëm adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • vetëm adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • μόνος adj (alone in a category)
  • οἶος adj (alone in a category)
  • μόνον adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • μόνον adv (no more than)

Arabic

4 entries
  • وَحِيد adj (alone in a category)
  • بَسّ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • فَقَط adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • فَقَط adv (no more than)

Armenian

4 entries
  • միակ adj (alone in a category)
  • միակ adj (without sibling)
  • միամոր adj (without sibling)
  • մինուճար adj (without sibling)

Assamese

3 entries
  • অকল adj (alone in a category)
  • মাথোঁ adj (alone in a category)
  • মাথোন adj (alone in a category)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bircə adj (alone in a category)
  • birnömrəli adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • tək adj (without sibling)
  • yeganə adj (alone in a category)

Basque

1 entries
  • soilik adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адзі́ны adj (alone in a category)
  • то́лькі adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • адна́к conj (however)
  • але́ conj (but)

Bhojpuri

2 entries
  • खाली adj (alone in a category)
  • सिरिफ adj (alone in a category)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • еди́нствен adj (alone in a category)
  • еди́нствено adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • са́мо adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • са́мо adv (no more than)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရုံ adv (no more than)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • лем adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • лиш adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Catalan

4 entries
  • fill únic adj (without sibling)
  • filla única adj (without sibling)
  • únic adj (alone in a category)
  • únic adj (singularly superior; the best)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • تەنھا adj (alone in a category)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏩᏌ adj (alone in a category)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 淨係 /净系 adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • 淨係 /净系 adv (no more than)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 唯一 adj (alone in a category)
  • 唯一的 adj (without sibling)
  • 最好的 adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • 獨一無二的 /独一无二的 adj (singularly superior; the best)

Czech

4 entries
  • jedináček adj (without sibling)
  • jediný adj (alone in a category)
  • až adv (as recently as)
  • jedině adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Danish

3 entries
  • eneste adj (alone in a category)
  • bare adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • kun adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Dari

2 entries
  • خالی adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • فقط adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Dutch

4 entries
  • enig adj (alone in a category)
  • enigst adj (alone in a category)
  • alleen adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • alleen maar adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

East Central German

1 entries
  • aanzich adj (alone in a category)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 儷 /俪 adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • 儷 /俪 adv (no more than)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • nura adj (alone in a category)
  • sola adj (alone in a category)
  • nur adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Estonian

4 entries
  • ainuke adj (alone in a category)
  • ainus adj (alone in a category)
  • ainult adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • vaid adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ainoa adj (alone in a category)
  • ainoa adj (without sibling)
  • ainokainen adj (alone in a category)
  • ainokainen adj (without sibling)

French

4 entries
  • seul adj (alone in a category)
  • unique adj (alone in a category)
  • unique adj (without sibling)
  • ne...que adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Friulian

1 entries
  • sôl adj (alone in a category)

Fula

4 entries
  • tan adj (alone in a category)
  • tun adj (alone in a category)
  • tan adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • tun adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Galician

1 entries
  • só adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ერთადერთი adj (alone in a category)
  • მხოლოდ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • ღა adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

German

4 entries
  • Einzelkind adj (without sibling)
  • einzig adj (alone in a category)
  • einzigartig adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • geschwisterlos adj (without sibling)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 adj (alone in a category)
  • 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Greek

4 entries
  • μοναδικός adj (alone in a category)
  • μοναχός adj (without sibling)
  • μόνος adj (alone in a category)
  • μονάχα adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • innaq adj (alone in a category)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • sèl adj (alone in a category)
  • sèlman adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • יָחִיד adj (alone in a category)
  • רַק adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • רַק adv (no more than)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अकेला adj (alone in a category)
  • अकेला adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • एकल adj (alone in a category)
  • एकलौता adj (without sibling)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • egyetlen adj (alone in a category)
  • egyetlen adj (without sibling)
  • egyetlen adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • csak adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • eina adj (alone in a category)
  • eini adj (alone in a category)
  • einu adj (alone in a category)
  • aðeins adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Ido

1 entries
  • nura adj (alone in a category)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • satu-satunya adj (alone in a category)
  • tunggal adj (without sibling)
  • hanya adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • hanya adv (no more than)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • ainava adj (alone in a category)
  • ainava adj (without sibling)
  • aima adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • ikkee adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • solmente adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • فقط adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Istriot

1 entries
  • sulo adv (no more than)

Italian

4 entries
  • figlio unico adj (without sibling)
  • solo adj (without sibling)
  • unico adj (alone in a category)
  • solamente adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 唯一の adj (alone in a category)
  • ...しか adv (no more than)
  • ...だけ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • ...だけ adv (no more than)

Khmer

4 entries
  • គ្រាន់តែ adv (no more than)
  • គ្រាន់តែ conj (but)
  • តែ conj (but)
  • តែ conj (however)

Korean

4 entries
  • 유일한 adj (alone in a category)
  • 하나밖에 없는 adj (alone in a category)
  • ...만 adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • 겨우 adv (no more than)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເທົ່ານັ້ນ adv (no more than)

Latin

4 entries
  • ūnicus adj (alone in a category)
  • modo adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • modo adv (no more than)
  • solum adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Latvian

4 entries
  • vienīgs adj (alone in a category)
  • tikai adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • vien adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • vienīgi adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • jano adv (no more than)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • единствен adj (alone in a category)
  • само adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Malay

4 entries
  • hanya adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • hanya adv (no more than)
  • hanya adv (as recently as)
  • sahaja adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • ഏക adj (alone in a category)
  • ഏക adj (without sibling)
  • ഒരൊറ്റ adj (alone in a category)
  • ഒറ്റ adj (alone in a category)

Maltese

4 entries
  • waħdu adj (without sibling)
  • waħedha adj (without sibling)
  • waħidha adj (without sibling)
  • weħidha adj (without sibling)

Mandinka

1 entries
  • dorong adj (alone in a category)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • moja moja adj (without sibling)

Marathi

4 entries
  • एकमात्र adj (alone in a category)
  • केवळ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • केवळ adv (no more than)
  • फक्त adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Middle French

2 entries
  • unicque adj (alone in a category)
  • unicquement adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гагцхүү adj (alone in a category)
  • зөвхөн adj (alone in a category)

Māori

4 entries
  • anahe adj (alone in a category)
  • anake adj (alone in a category)
  • huatahi adj (without sibling)
  • pūharu adj (singularly superior; the best)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • ça adj (alone in a category)
  • çan adj (alone in a category)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bare adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • eneste adj (alone in a category)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • einaste adj (alone in a category)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • eta adv (no more than)

Old English

1 entries
  • ān adj (alone in a category)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • solament adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • anhõ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یالڭز adj (alone in a category)

Persian

3 entries
  • تنها adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • تَنها adj (alone in a category)
  • فقط adv (no more than)

Pipil

4 entries
  • cema adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • cemaya adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • sema adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • semaya adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries
  • uni adj (alone in a category)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • blooss adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • blooss adv (no more than)

Polish

4 entries
  • jedyny adj (alone in a category)
  • jedyny adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • najlepszy adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • dopiero adv (as recently as)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • filho único adj (without sibling)
  • melhor adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • único adj (alone in a category)
  • único adj (singularly superior; the best)

Quechua

1 entries
  • sapa adj (alone in a category)

Romanian

4 entries
  • singur adj (alone in a category)
  • unic adj (alone in a category)
  • numai adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • numai adv (no more than)

Russian

4 entries
  • еди́нственный adj (alone in a category)
  • еди́нственный adj (without sibling)
  • еди́нственный adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • еди́ный adj (alone in a category)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱮᱠᱚ adj (alone in a category)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jedini adj (alone in a category)
  • једини adj (alone in a category)
  • samo adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • sámo adv (no more than)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • sulu adj (alone in a category)
  • sulu adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Slovak

3 entries
  • jediný adj (alone in a category)
  • iba adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • len adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Slovene

2 entries
  • edin adj (alone in a category)
  • samo adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Spanish

4 entries
  • hijo único adj (without sibling)
  • irrepetible adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • señero adj (alone in a category)
  • singular adj (singularly superior; the best)

Swahili

1 entries
  • peke adj (alone in a category)

Swedish

3 entries
  • enda adj (alone in a category)
  • bara adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • endast adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • laang adj (alone in a category)
  • lamang adj (alone in a category)
  • lang adj (alone in a category)

Tamil

4 entries
  • ஒரே adj (alone in a category)
  • ஒரே adj (without sibling)
  • தான் adv (no more than)
  • தான் adv (as recently as)

Tarantino

1 entries
  • sule adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Telugu

3 entries
  • ఏకైక adj (alone in a category)
  • ఒకే adj (alone in a category)
  • ఒక్కగానొక్క adj (alone in a category)

Thai

1 entries
  • เท่านั้น adv (no more than)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣemeske adj (alone in a category)

Turkish

4 entries
  • sadece adj (alone in a category)
  • tek adj (alone in a category)
  • tek adj (without sibling)
  • bir tek adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • єди́ний adj (alone in a category)
  • лише́ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • ті́льки adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • але́ conj (but)

Urdu

2 entries
  • صرف adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)
  • صرف adv (no more than)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • faqat adj (alone in a category)

Venetan

1 entries
  • sólo adv (no more than)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • duy nhất adj (alone in a category)
  • một adj (without sibling)
  • tốt nhất adj (singularly superior; the best)
  • chỉ adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Volapük

1 entries
  • te adv (no more than)

Welsh

4 entries
  • dim ond adj (alone in a category)
  • unig adj (alone in a category)
  • unig adj (without sibling)
  • dim ond adv (without others or anything further; exclusively)

Sample sentences

57 total sentences available.

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I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.

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I can only wait.

Source: tatoeba (1432)

It only shows you're not a robot.

Source: tatoeba (1455)

Round trip? Only one-way.

Source: tatoeba (1569)

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