loneliness

Other forms of loneliness

plural

lonelinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about loneliness

What does loneliness mean?

loneliness means "the state of being alone in solitary isolation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loneliness?

loneliness has 3 syllables: lone-li-ness. The stress falls on "lone". In IPA it is /ˈloʊnlinəs/.

What is another word for loneliness?

Close synonyms include solitariness, forlornness, desolation, aloneness, lonesomeness. 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 loneliness a common word?

loneliness is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.