single file

1. 1.

   a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

   SynonymsfileIndian file

   Broaderline

   Narrowersnake dancecolumn

Questions about single file

What does single file mean?

single file means "a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other".

What is another word for single file?

Close synonyms include file, Indian file. 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 single file a common word?

single file is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.