let alone

Questions about let alone

What does let alone mean?

let alone means "leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for let alone?

Close synonyms include leave, leave alone, leave behind, not to mention. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is let alone a common word?

let alone is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.