isolation
Cut off completely
Isolation is the state of being separate or apart from others.
A person in isolation may be quarantined for illness, confined in prison, or simply alone by circumstance or choice: The cabin's isolation appealed to her.
The word applies equally to physical separation and emotional distance: He felt a profound sense of isolation despite being surrounded by people.
To isolate something is to set it apart for examination or containment: Scientists isolated the virus.
State of lacking companions
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- alienationState of being isolated
- emptinessAbsence of substance
forlorn · neglect · withdrawn · lonesome · bereft · disconnection · estrangement · homesickness
Banishment from a group
- alienationState of being isolated
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- segregationForced separation by group
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
banishment · expulsion · excommunication · blacklisting · outcast · pariah · stigmatization · discrimination
Existing alone, apart
- cellBasic unit of life
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
lockup · captivity · internment · custody · jail · prison · dungeon · segregation
State of being alone
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- privacyFreedom from observation
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
reclusiveness · quietude · monasticism · anchorite · contemplation · introspection · self-reflection · meditation
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- contagionDisease spread by contact
infectious · outbreak · epidemic · virus · contact-tracing · sanitation · disinfection · incubation
State of being apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- divisionSplitting into parts
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
severance · dissociation · rift · schism · breach · disjunction · disengagement · compartmentalization
Quality of being faraway
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- outpostRemote military station
- frontierEdge of settlement
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
backcountry · outback · island · enclave · off-grid · inaccessibility · distant · far-flung
Prone to fluctuation
- controlledKept within limits
- specimenIndividual for examination
- sampleSubset for study
- sterileFree from microorganisms
laboratory · extract · purification · containment · culture · compound · element · pathogen
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- alienationState of being isolated
emptiness · forlorn · neglect · withdrawn · lonesome · bereft · disconnection · estrangement · homesickness · heartache
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- alienationState of being isolated
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- segregationForced separation by group
rejection · banishment · expulsion · excommunication · blacklisting · outcast · pariah · stigmatization · discrimination · shunning
solitary
Existing alone, apart
- cellBasic unit of life
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
incarceration · lockup · captivity · internment · custody · jail · prison · dungeon · segregation · quarantine
solitude
State of being alone
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- privacyFreedom from observation
- withdrawalAct of taking away
hermitage · reclusiveness · quietude · monasticism · anchorite · contemplation · introspection · self-reflection · meditation · stillness
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- lockdownEnforced restriction on movement
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
contagion · infectious · outbreak · epidemic · virus · contact-tracing · sanitation · disinfection · incubation · symptomatic
separation
State of being apart
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- divisionSplitting into parts
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
disconnection · severance · dissociation · rift · schism · breach · disjunction · disengagement · compartmentalization · fragmentation
remoteness
Quality of being faraway
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- outpostRemote military station
- frontierEdge of settlement
hinterland · backcountry · outback · island · enclave · off-grid · inaccessibility · distant · far-flung · uninhabited
variable
Prone to fluctuation
- controlledKept within limits
- specimenIndividual for examination
- sampleSubset for study
sterile · laboratory · extract · purification · containment · culture · compound · element · pathogen · strain
- solitudesolitude, alone, aloneness, solo, lone
- disconnectiondisconnection, unplug, detach, sever, separation
- alienationestrangement, disconnection, exclusion, outsider, outcast
- pandemic responsecontact tracing, quarantine laws, social distancing, lockdown, mask mandate
- withdrawalwithdrawing, cash withdrawal, ATM withdrawal, early withdrawal, fund withdrawal
- hermit liferecluse, solitude, hermitage, monk, ascetic
isolationtogetherness
State of close connection
companionship · company · fellowship · camaraderie · comradeship
isolationconnection
A joining or relation
linkage · continuity · concatenation · attachment · interconnection
isolationaccessibility
Ease of approach
openness · exposure · reachability · availability · contact
- isolation wardSealed medical containment area
- social isolationLack of human contact
- working in isolation
- emotional isolationDisconnection from others' feelings
- home isolationStaying in during illness
- isolation boothSoundproofed solo enclosure