Isolated meaning

What does “isolated” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“isolated” is an adjective with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: not close together in time.

isolated

not close together in time
“isolated instances of rebellion”
“a few stray crumbs”
Synonymsstray
being or feeling set or kept apart from others
“she felt detached from the group”
“could not remain the isolated figure he had been”
Synonymsdetached separated set-apart
marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
“little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara”
Synonymsdisjunct
cut off or left behind
“an isolated pawn”
“several stranded fish in a tide pool”
Synonymsmarooned stranded
under forced isolation especially for health reasons
“a quarantined animal”
“isolated patients”
Synonymsquarantined
remote and separate physically or socially
“existed over the centuries as a world apart”
“preserved because they inhabited a place apart”
Synonymsapart obscure

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University