Standard Lemma guide

isolated

adj · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 S AH0 L EY2 T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AY1 S AH0 L EY2 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an isolated tree in the mountains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Happening or occurring only once.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • isolated case
  • an isolated occurrence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Which has been extracted from the organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: embedded

8

adj

Meaning 8

Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I feel so isolated among my workmates

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abandoned, alone, forsaken, lonely, lonesome, solitary

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

simple past and past participle of isolate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

remote and separate physically or socially- W.H.Hudson

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • existed over the centuries as a world apart
  • preserved because they inhabited a place apart
  • tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
  • an obscure village

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: apart(p), obscure

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

not close together in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • isolated instances of rebellion
  • a few stray crumbs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stray

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective satellite

Meaning 12

under forced isolation especially for health reasons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a quarantined animal
  • isolated patients

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: quarantined

Antonyms: none provided

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

being or feeling set or kept apart from others- Sherwood Anderson

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she felt detached from the group
  • could not remain the isolated figure he had been
  • thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
  • had a set-apart feeling

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: detached, separated, set-apart

Antonyms: none provided

14

adjective satellite

Meaning 14

marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements- Scientific Monthly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disjunct

Antonyms: none provided

15

adjective satellite

Meaning 15

cut off or left behind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an isolated pawn
  • several stranded fish in a tide pool
  • travelers marooned by the blizzard

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marooned, stranded

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

A rendering into English of French isolé.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: veçuar — in isolation
  • Bulgarian: отделен (otdelen) — in isolation
  • Bulgarian: изолиран (izoliran) — in isolation
  • Catalan: aïllat — in isolation
  • Czech: izolovaný — in isolation
  • Czech: osamocený — in isolation
  • Dutch: afgezonderd — in isolation
  • Dutch: geïsoleerd — in isolation
  • Esperanto: izola — in isolation
  • Finnish: eristäytynyt — in isolation
  • French: isolé — in isolation
  • German: isoliert — in isolation
  • German: gesondert — in isolation
  • German: abgesondert — in isolation
  • Greek: απομονωμένος (apomonoménos) — in isolation
  • Greek: μοναχικός (monachikós) — in isolation
  • Hindi: वियुक्त (viyukt) — in isolation
  • Hindi: विलगित (vilgit) — in isolation
  • Hindi: एकल (ekal) — in isolation
  • Irish: aonarach — in isolation
  • Irish: aonartha — in isolation
  • Irish: aonarúil — in isolation
  • Italian: isolato — in isolation
  • Latin: sēcrētus — in isolation
  • Malay: terasing — in isolation
  • Malayalam: ഒറ്റപ്പെട്ട (oṟṟappeṭṭa) — in isolation
  • Māori: tārake — in isolation
  • Māori: tūhāhā — in isolation
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tìk — in isolation
  • Persian: ایزوله (izole) — in isolation
  • Plautdietsch: eensiedlich — in isolation
  • Polish: odizolowany — in isolation
  • Portuguese: isolado — in isolation
  • Romanian: izolat — in isolation
  • Russian: изоли́рованный (izolírovannyj) — in isolation
  • Russian: обосо́бленный (obosóblennyj) — in isolation
  • Russian: уединённый (ujedinjónnyj) — in isolation
  • Russian: ото́рванный (otórvannyj) — in isolation
  • Scottish Gaelic: iomallach — in isolation
  • Scottish Gaelic: air leth — in isolation
  • Spanish: aislado — in isolation
  • Swedish: isolerad — in isolation
  • Tagalog: bukod — in isolation
  • Tagalog: himukod — in isolation
  • Turkish: izole — in isolation
  • Welsh: ar wahân — in isolation
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