Thesaurus:loneliness

Thesaurus

loneliness

English

Noun

Sense: the sadness resulting from being alone

Synonyms

• ellingness (obsolete)
• forlornness
• lonelihood
• loneliness
• lonesomeness
• monopathy (obsolete)

Antonyms

• companionship
• fellowship
• sociableness
• ----
• isolophilia
• loneliness (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• empty nest syndrome

Hypernyms

• sadness    [⇒ thesaurus]
• solitude    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• elengeness (archaic)

Further reading

• “893. seclusion. exclusion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “loneliness” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.