Sole

Quick meaning: Sole is an adjective meaning (law) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

Meaning

(law) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

More Meanings

1. Unique; unsurpassed.
2. With independent power; unfettered.
3. (anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
4. (footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.
5. (zoology) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
6. (obsolete) The foot itself.

Example Sentences

A sole authority.

The sole brilliance of this gem.

Hast wandred through the world now long a day;Yet ceasest not thy wearie soles to lead

The Caliga was a military Shoe, with a very thick Sole, tied above the instep with leather Thongs.

Word Forms

• soles
• soling
• soled

Synonyms for sole

Depending on context, synonyms include individual, lone, one, only, single, singular.

Antonyms for sole

Common opposites include accompanying, collective, fellow, many.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include only, single, lone, lonesome, solitary, exclusive.

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