List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 360

SYNONYMS: single, sole, unique, solitary, lone, separate.
These adjectives are compared as they signify being one in number.

What is single is not associated with, accompanied by, or combined with another or others: It is a means of destruction in the employment of which no single nation can in fact have a monopoly.
Sole implies being the only one in existence or the only one under consideration: The sole wall decoration of his studio was a Japanese print.
Unique in careful usage applies to what is the only one of its kind in existence: The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
Solitary refers to what stands alone: A solitary precedent which has never been reexamined, cannot be conclusive.
Lone applies to what stands apart from others: It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject.
Separate implies being single and disunited from all others under consideration: Each page was separate and distinct.