Synonyms for solitude


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sol-i-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

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Définition of solitude

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French solitude "loneliness" (14c.) and directly from Latin solitudinem (nominative solitudo) "loneliness, a being alone; lonely place, desert, wilderness," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). "Not in common use in English until the 17th c." [OED]
  • A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; ... if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. [Schopenhauer, "The World as Will and Idea," 1818]
  • Solitudinarian "recluse, unsocial person" is recorded from 1690s.
  • noun aloneness
Example sentences :
  • I crave for the balm of Nature, the anodyne of solitude, the breath of Mother Earth.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • In a forest, solitude would be life; in a city, it is death.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It was musical,—but how should there be such music in my solitude?
  • Extract from : « Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She did not wish to be unkind, but her one absorbing idea at this moment was of solitude.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • How would she stand her solitude—absolutely alone in that house?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The solitude of the scene around is astonishing to English eyes.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Now solitude and silence are worse for me than poppy and mandragora.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • In the solitude of his cell, the angel of patience had been with him.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Now that her moment of solitude had struck, grief came also.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • At the first, there is but one help, but one healing; and that is solitude.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

Antonyms for solitude

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