Isolated

Quick meaning: Isolated is an adjective meaning Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

Meaning

Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

More Meanings

1. Happening or occurring only once.
2. (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
3. (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
4. (medicine) Which has been extracted from the organism.
5. (medicine) Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.
6. (algebra, of an associated prime of a module) Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
7. (of a person) Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

Example Sentences

isolated case

an isolated occurrence

an isolated tree in the mountains

I feel so isolated among my workmates

Synonyms for isolated

Depending on context, synonyms include abandoned, alone, forsaken, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

Antonyms for isolated

Common opposites include embedded.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include detached, separate, obscure, disjunct, separated, sporadic.

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