solitary

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SOLITARY

a person who lives away from others <weary of European civilization, the painter Paul Gauguin famously abandoned France to become a solitary in the South Seas>

Synonyms anchorite, eremite, hermit, isolate, solitary

Related Words homebody, shut-in

Near Antonyms socialite; socializer

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