aloneadjective, adverb1without any other personsame meaningon your own, by yourself: I don't like being alone in the house. My grandmother lives alone.2only: You alone can help me.which word?Alone or lonely? Alone means that you are not with other people: • She lived alone in a flat near the city centre.Lonely means that you are unhappy because you are not with other people: • He felt lonely at the new school without his old friends.