Antonyms for solitude

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sol-i-tood, -tyood

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɒl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

Definition 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

Synonyms for solitude

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