Qualities

Synonyms for lone

The synonym for lone recorded in this bank is only, in the sense "being the only one". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for lone

onlyadjective, in the sense "being the only one"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day lone is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

being the only one

The lone doctor in the entire county.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

only

Same sentence, swapped: The only doctor in the entire county.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where lone stands in the sentence above.

atomic
isolated
withdrawn

Where lone turns up in the game

lone is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play lone

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lone reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company lone keeps.

graveadjective, nounsoberdignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promisesTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line grimadjectiveblackharshly ironic or sinisterTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line harshadjectiveroughunkind or cruel or uncivilTreeline hastenounhurrythe act of moving hurriedly and in a careless mannerTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line functionnounusewhat something is used forTreelineHas a reason line functionaladjectiveoperationalfit or ready for use or serviceRidgeline furiousadjectivefiercemarked by extreme and violent energyTreeline2 senses ledgernounjournala book or record in which financial transactions are enteredTreelineHas a reason line

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