[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

solitaire \sol`itaire"\, n. f. see solitary.
   1. a person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
      --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. a single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious
      stone of any kind set alone.
      1913 webster

            diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists.
                                                  --mrs. r. h.
                                                  davis.
      1913 webster

   3. a game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many
      games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board
      with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with
      all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of
      the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.
      1913 webster

   4. zool.
      a a large extinct bird pezophaps solitaria which
          formerly inhabited the islands of mauritius and
          rodrigeuz. it was larger and taller than the wild
          turkey. its wings were too small for flight. called
          also solitary.
      b any species of american thrushlike birds of the genus
          myadestes. they are noted their sweet songs and
          retiring habits. called also fly-catching thrush. a
          west indian species myadestes sibilans is called
          the invisible bird.
          1913 webster
see also:
solitary pezophaps solitaria solitary myadestes fly-catching thrush myadestes sibilans 
invisible bird 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

solitary \sol"itary\, a. l. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf.
   f. solitaire. see sole, a., and cf. solitaire.
   1. living or being by one's self; having no companion
      present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.
      1913 webster

            those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --milton.
      1913 webster

            hie home unto my chamber,
            where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary
      journey; a solitary life.
      1913 webster

            satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. not much visited or frequented; remote from society;
      retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.
      1913 webster

   4. not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or
      occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence,
      gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
      1913 webster

            how doth the city sit solitary, that was full of
            people.                               --lam. i. 1.
      1913 webster

            let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come
            therein.                              --job iii. 7.
      1913 webster

   5. single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of
      vengeance; a solitary example.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. not associated with others of the same kind.
      1913 webster

   solitary ant zool., any solitary hymenopterous insect of
      the family mutillidae. the female of these insects is
      destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. the male is
      winged and resembles a wasp. called also spider ant.

   solitary bee zool., any species of bee which does not
      form communities.

   solitary sandpiper zool., an american tattler totanus
      solitarius.

   solitary snipe zool., the great snipe. prov. eng.

   solitary thrush zool. the starling. prov. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
sole solitaire solitary ant mutillidae spider ant solitary bee 
solitary sandpiper totanus solitarius solitary snipe solitary thrush 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

solitary \sol"itary\, n.
   one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a
   recluse.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

solitary
     adj 1: characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life;
            "the eremitic element in the life of a religious
            colony"; "a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary
            disposition" syn: eremitic, eremitical, lonea
     2: of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or
        colonies; "solitary bees" syn: nongregarious, nonsocial
     3: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we
        met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier
        on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of
        gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" syn: alonep,
         lonea, lonelya
     4: enjoyed or performed alone; "a lonely existence"; "his
        lonely room"; "took a solitary walk"; "enjoyed her
        solitary dinner"; "solitary pursuits such as reading"
        syn: lonelya
     5: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
        lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
        only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a
        solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the
        sky" syn: lonea, lonesomea, onlya, solea,
         solitarya
     6: separated from or unfrequented by others; remote or
        secluded; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a
        trail leading to an unfrequented lake" syn: lonelya,
        unfrequented
     n 1: confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners;
          "he was held in solitary" syn: solitary confinement
     2: one who lives in solitude syn: hermit, recluse, solitudinarian,
         troglodyte
see also:
eremitic eremitical lonea nongregarious nonsocial alonep 
lonelya lonesomea onlya solea solitarya 
unfrequented solitary confinement hermit recluse solitudinarian 
troglodyte 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

141 moby thesaurus words for "solitary":
   diogenes, hieronymian, hieronymite, timon of athens, a certain,
   abandoned, alien, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, an,
   anchoress, anchorite, any, any one, apart, ascetic, atomic,
   bedridden invalid, case, character, cloistered, cloistered monk,
   closet cynic, companionless, crackpot, crank, desert fathers,
   desert saints, deserted, desolate, detached, distant, eccentric,
   either, eremite, eremitic, exclusive, fanatic, forsaken,
   friendless, hermit, hermitess, hermitical, hobo, homebody,
   homeless, in solitude, individual, indivisible, insociable,
   insular, integral, invalid, irreducible, isolated, isolationist,
   kithless, kook, lone, lone wolf, lonely, loner, lonesome, marabout,
   maverick, meshuggenah, misanthropic, monadic, monistic, natural,
   nonconformist, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity, offish, one, only,
   original, out-of-the-way, outcast, outsider, pariah, particular,
   pillar saint, pillarist, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen,
   rara avis, recluse, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, rootless,
   screwball, secluded, seclusionist, separate, separated, shut-in,
   simple, single, single-handed, singular, sole, solid, solitaire,
   solitudinarian, solo, standoffish, stay-at-home, stylite, tramp,
   type, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unanalyzable,
   unapproachable, unassisted, unattended, uncompanionable, uncouth,
   undivided, unescorted, unexampled, unfrequented, uniform, unique,
   unitary, unrepeatable, unseconded, unsocial, unsupported, whole,
   withdrawn, zealot

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