We shouldn't confuse solitude with isolation. They are two separate things.
Source: tatoeba (239905)
Solitude
//ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd//
Synonyms for "solitude" (45 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
10 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 57 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐρημία noun (state of being alone)
Arabic
1 entries- عُزْلَة noun (state of being alone)
Aromanian
3 entries- singurami noun (state of being alone)
- singureatsã noun (state of being alone)
- singurãtati noun (state of being alone)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- təklik noun (state of being alone)
- yalqızlıq noun (state of being alone)
Bashkir
1 entries- яңғыҙлыҡ noun (state of being alone)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Самота noun (state of being alone)
Catalan
1 entries- solitud noun (state of being alone)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 孑然 noun (state of being alone)
- 孤寂 noun (state of being alone)
- 孤獨 /孤独 noun (state of being alone)
- 自處 /自处 noun (state of being alone)
Czech
1 entries- samota noun (state of being alone)
Danish
1 entries- ensomhed noun (state of being alone)
Dutch
1 entries- eenzaamheid noun (state of being alone)
Esperanto
1 entries- soleco noun (state of being alone)
Estonian
1 entries- üksindus noun (state of being alone)
Faroese
1 entries- einsemi noun (state of being alone)
Finnish
1 entries- yksinäisyys noun (state of being alone)
French
1 entries- solitude noun (state of being alone)
German
2 entries- Alleinsein noun (state of being alone)
- Einsamkeit noun (state of being alone)
Greek
1 entries- μοναξιά noun (state of being alone)
Hebrew
1 entries- בדידות noun (state of being alone)
Hungarian
1 entries- magány noun (state of being alone)
Icelandic
1 entries- einsemd noun (state of being alone)
Indonesian
1 entries- kesepian noun (state of being alone)
Irish
2 entries- aonarachas noun (state of being alone)
- aonaracht noun (state of being alone)
Italian
1 entries- solitudine noun (state of being alone)
Japanese
1 entries- 孤独 noun (state of being alone)
Kazakh
2 entries- жалғыздық noun (state of being alone)
- жалқылық noun (state of being alone)
Khmer
2 entries- ភាពឯកោ noun (state of being alone)
- វិវេកភាព noun (state of being alone)
Korean
1 entries- 고독 noun (state of being alone)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жалгыздык noun (state of being alone)
Latin
2 entries- solitudo noun (state of being alone)
- solitās noun (state of being alone)
Latvian
2 entries- vienatne noun (state of being alone)
- vienatnība noun (state of being alone)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vienatvė noun (state of being alone)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഏകാന്തത noun (state of being alone)
Norwegian
1 entries- ensomhet noun (state of being alone)
Old English
1 entries- ānād noun (state of being alone)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یالڭزلك noun (state of being alone)
Polish
1 entries- samotność noun (state of being alone)
Portuguese
2 entries- solidão noun (state of being alone)
- solitude noun (state of being alone)
Romanian
2 entries- singurătate noun (state of being alone)
- solitudine noun (state of being alone)
Russian
2 entries- одиночество noun (state of being alone)
- уединение noun (state of being alone)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रहस् noun (state of being alone)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- osama noun (state of being alone)
Slovak
1 entries- samota noun (state of being alone)
Slovene
1 entries- samota noun (state of being alone)
Spanish
2 entries- soledad noun (state of being alone)
- solitud noun (state of being alone)
Swedish
1 entries- ensamhet noun (state of being alone)
Tatar
1 entries- yalğızlıq noun (state of being alone)
Telugu
1 entries- ఏకాంతము noun (state of being alone)
Thai
1 entries- ความโดดเดี่ยว noun (state of being alone)
Tibetan
1 entries- དབེན་པ noun (state of being alone)
Turkish
1 entries- yalnızlık noun (state of being alone)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýalnyzlyk noun (state of being alone)
Ukrainian
1 entries- самотність noun (state of being alone)
Uzbek
1 entries- yolg‘izlik noun (state of being alone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự cô độc noun (state of being alone)
Welsh
1 entries- unigedd noun (state of being alone)
Yakut
1 entries- соҕотохсуйуу noun (state of being alone)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Some people enjoy solitude.
Source: tatoeba (239909)
I like to go to a cabin in the woods to enjoy solitude.
Source: tatoeba (257311)
The misanthrope enjoys his solitude.
Source: tatoeba (270334)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.