Synonyms of the word only


ONLYALONE - BUT - ENTIRELY - EXCLUSIVE - EXCLUSIVELY - JUST - LONE - LONESOME - MERELY - SIMPLY - SINGLE - SOLE - SOLELY - SOLITARY

only

  • adj. Alone in a category.
  • adj. Singularly superior; the best.
  • adj. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
  • adj. (obsolete) Mere.
  • adv. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
  • adv. No more than; just.
  • adv. As recently as.
  • adv. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
  • conj. Under the condition that; but.
  • conj. But; except.
  • n. An only child.

alone

  • adj. By oneself, solitary.
  • adj. Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
  • adj. Considered separately.
  • adj. Without equal.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.
  • adv. By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
  • adv. Without outside help.
  • adv. Exclusively.

but

  • prep. (obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
  • prep. Without, apart from, except.
  • adv. Merely, only.
  • adv. (Australia, conjunctive) Though, however.
  • conj. Except (for), excluding. Often preceded by a negation.
  • conj. On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding…
  • conj. However, although, nevertheless (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts…
  • conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission…
  • conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
  • conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
  • conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
  • n. An instance or example of using the word "but".
  • n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
  • n. A limit; a boundary.
  • n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
  • v. (archaic) Use the word "but".

entirely

  • adv. To the full or entire extent.
  • adv. To the exclusion of others.

exclusive

  • adj. (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
  • adj. (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown,…
  • adj. Exclusionary.
  • adj. Whole, undivided, entire.
  • adj. (linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
  • adj. (of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one…
  • n. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
  • n. (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

exclusively

  • adv. (focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely.

just

  • adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
  • adj. Rationally right, correct.
  • adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
  • adj. Proper, adequate.
  • adv. Only, simply, merely.
  • adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
  • adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone.
  • adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
  • adv. (degree) absolutely, positively.
  • adv. Moments ago, recently.
  • adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
  • adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
  • n. A joust, tournament.
  • v. To joust, fight a tournament.

lone

  • adj. Solitary; having no companion.
  • adj. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
  • adj. Sole; being the only one of a type.
  • adj. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
  • adj. (archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
  • adj. (archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

lonesome

  • adj. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.
  • n. (informal) Oneself alone.

merely

  • adv. (obsolete) Wholly, entirely.
  • adv. (focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.

simply

  • adv. (manner) In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.
  • adv. (manner) Plainly; without art or subtlety; clearly; obviously; unquestionably.
  • adv. (manner) Weakly; foolishly; stupidly.
  • adv. (focus) Merely; solely.
  • adv. (degree) absolutely, positively.
  • adv. (speech act) Frankly.

single

  • adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
  • adj. Not divided in parts.
  • adj. Designed for the use of only one.
  • adj. Performed by one person, or one on each side.
  • adj. Not married, and also in modern times, not involved in an unmarried romantic relationship or not dating…
  • adj. (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
  • adj. (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
  • adj. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
  • adj. (obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
  • n. (music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
  • n. (music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at…
  • n. One who is not married.
  • n. (cricket) A score of one run.
  • n. (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
  • n. (dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
  • n. A bill valued at $1.
  • n. (Britain) A one-way ticket.
  • n. (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's…
  • n. (tennis, chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
  • n. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
  • n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A handful of gleaned grain.
  • v. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single…
  • v. (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
  • v. (agriculture) To thin out.
  • v. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
  • v. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
  • v. To take alone, or one by one.

sole

  • n. (dialectal or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
  • n. (dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.
  • v. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.
  • adj. only.
  • adj. (law) unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
  • n. (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
  • n. (footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
  • n. (obsolete) The foot itself.
  • n. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae.
  • n. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
  • n. (mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
  • v. (transitive) to put a sole on (a shoe or boot).

solely

  • adv. Alone; exclusively.

solitary

  • n. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
  • n. (uncountable) solitary confinement.
  • adj. Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
  • adj. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
  • adj. Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.
  • adj. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still;…
  • adj. Single; individual; sole.
  • adj. (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
  • n. (archaic) The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct flightless bird.

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