Synonyms: isolated, apart, obscure
Definition: remote and separate physically or socially
Usage: existed over the centuries as a world apart; preserved because they inhabited a place apart- W.H.Hudson; tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization; an obscure village
Similar words: unconnected
Definition: not joined or linked together
Definition: not close together in time
Usage: isolated instances of rebellion; a few stray crumbs
Similar words: sporadic
Definition: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
Usage: a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids
Synonyms: isolated, quarantined
Definition: under forced isolation especially for health reasons
Usage: a quarantined animal; isolated patients
Similar words: segregated, unintegrated
Definition: separated or isolated from others or a main group
Usage: a segregated school system; a segregated neighborhood
Synonyms: separated, set-apart, isolated, detached
Definition: being or feeling set or kept apart from others
Usage: she felt detached from the group; could not remain the isolated figure he had been- Sherwood Anderson; thought of herself as alone and separated from the others; had a set-apart feeling
Similar words: separate
Definition: independent; not united or joint
Usage: a problem consisting of two separate issues; they went their separate ways; formed a separate church
Definition: marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
Usage: little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara- Scientific Monthly
Similar words: separate
Definition: independent; not united or joint
Usage: a problem consisting of two separate issues; they went their separate ways; formed a separate church
Synonyms: stranded, marooned, isolated
Definition: cut off or left behind
Usage: an isolated pawn; several stranded fish in a tide pool; travelers marooned by the blizzard
Similar words: unaccompanied
Definition: being without an escort