Qualities

Synonyms for alone

Two senses of alone live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 1, Foothills

exclusive of anyone or anything else

She alone believed him.

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

The true synonym

only

Same sentence, swapped: She only believed him.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for alone as it is used in the sentence above.

lonely
unequalled
apart

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 1, FoothillsQualities

radically distinctive and without equal

He is alone in the field of microbiology.

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

The true synonym

unique

Same sentence, swapped: He is unique in the field of microbiology.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for alone as it is used in the sentence above.

lonely
apart
removed

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