ISOLATED

adj. 1 lone, solitary, single, singular, unique, anomalous, separate, special, particular, individual, exceptional, unrelated In one isolated case they recommended a suspended sentence 2 alone, separated, segregated, secluded, sequestered, cloistered, unconnected, detached, (set) apart, removed, cut off, excluded; forlorn, lonely, hermitic(al), eremitic(al), anchoretic(al), troglodytic(al), monastic Away from his friends and family, he felt totally isolated After his wife died, he led an isolated existence. 3 secluded, remote, out-of-the-way, off the beaten track, unfrequented, lonely; secret, hidden For twenty years we lived in that isolated shack in the wilderness