LONELINESS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

loneliness

noun

Definition of loneliness

as in isolation

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Recent Examples of loneliness Hall doesn’t think social media is the root of our current epidemic of loneliness. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Absurd and darkly humorous drama, offering an unconventional take on aging, loneliness and human dignity. — Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 Haidt argues that social media disrupts kids’ social and neurological development, contributing to rising anxiety and depression through sleep loss, fragmented attention, addiction, loneliness, social comparison and perfectionism. — Ari Lightman, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 The research on remote and hybrid work keeps landing in the same place, showing worse levels of loneliness for remote workers. — Jordan Dunin, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 At a time when loneliness and isolation affect up to a third of older adults, BPD's Walk the Beat program addresses a real concern. — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Sivan is good at evoking loneliness through imagery, but not always the best at inhabiting it. — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026 At a time of growing loneliness, division, and stress, being outside can improve physical and mental well-being, strengthen community, and reconnect us with one another. — Mary Beth Laughton, Time, 14 Oct. 2026 His loneliness is somewhat mitigated by the other sentient AIs he’s uploaded to his mindspace, envisioned by creator Terry Matalas (Syfy’s 12 Monkeys) as a big white house on a purposefully digital green lawn. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Grid current passes through silicon carbide transistors that switch at high frequency before sending it through a small conventional transformer, preserving the essential electrical isolation between the grid and everything downstream.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The receiving device checks every instruction against what the sender is actually permitted to do, building on network isolation and device identity rather than replacing them.

— Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of isolation

Noun

An agent that can both draft and post a journal entry has the same segregation-of-duties problem as a clerk who can do both.

— Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Although this kind of segregation can be seen with greater clarity in DF2, DF4, and DF9, not everyone agrees on how the separation took place.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of segregation

Noun

These immigrants, who first settled the backcountry of Pennsylvania before pushing farther to the western and southern frontier, brought with them a cultural and linguistic separateness that had an immense impact on the speech of the American heartland.

— Valerie Fridland, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of separateness

Noun

Up front is a colonial-looking bar with high ceilings and chandeliers, then out back there’s the kind of tropical courtyard that NOLA does best, all leafy greenery and convivial seclusion.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
The seller described the property as a compromise-free version of city living and rural seclusion.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of seclusion

Noun

As for privacy, Mayer said users can grant Dazzle full, partial, or no access to their photos and images that are sensitive are immediately discarded.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
California is among the states that successfully sued, in part by arguing that turning over the data would violate state privacy laws.

— SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026

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