alone

Meaning

1. By oneself, solitary.
2. Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
3. (obsolete) Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
4. (obsolete) Mere; consisting of nothing further.
5. (obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.

only

on one’s own

only one

by itself

one person

on one’s tod

one’s self

long way

having nothing

single person

crying out in anguish

crying out in sorrow

loneliness

lonely and helpless

without company

lolitary

one-person

without a coadjutor

with no help

provided that

Frequency

Hyphenated as

a‧lone

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈləʊn/

From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (“alone”, literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane (“alone”), Saterland Frisian alleene (“alone”), West Frisian allinne (“alone”), Dutch alleen (“alone”), Low German alleen (“alone”), German allein (“alone”), Danish alene (“alone”), Swedish allena (“alone”). More at all and one. Regarding the different phonological development of alone and one, see the note in one.