alone together
Jointly yet isolated
Alone together describes the state of being physically present with others while remaining emotionally or mentally isolated—each person absorbed in their own thoughts, devices, or activities.
The phrase captures a modern paradox: They sat alone together, both scrolling their phones.
It can also mean a couple finally getting private time away from others: At last we're alone together.
- solitudeState of being alone
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- connectionA joining or relation
- isolationComplete separation from others
emotional distance · presence · physical presence · distant · near · apart · side by side · shared · silence · lost in thought · couple · strangers · parallel · parallel lives · proximity · screens · social media · separate
- oxymoronsbittersweet, deafening silence, pretty ugly, living dead, act naturally
alone togetherbonded
Fastened or emotionally connected
intimate · united · heart to heart · close-knit · in sync
alone togetherundivided attention
Complete concentration on one thing
heart-to-heart · quality time · emotionally available · rapt attention · solo
alone togethercommuning
Intimate spiritual exchange
convivial · socializing · sharing · interacting · in the thick of it
alone, together, lone, loner, lonesome, loneliness, lonely, togetherness