Alone and Futile

Alone

Alone adjective - Not being in the company of others.

Futile and alone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Futile" instead an adjective "Alone".

Futile

Futile adjective - Producing no results.

Alone and futile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alone" instead an adjective "Futile".

Nearby Word: futility

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Knights of the Old Republic II has the main character abandon everyone that cares about her to sail off alone into uncharted space, to wage a futile battle against an ancient, omnipotent evil empire.
  • Friend to All Children When they noticed the planes approching, rather than leave them alone they gathered them and attempted to flee, which then turned out futile.
  • Literature / Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor After Luke escapes the mother of all And I Must Screams — a vision of spending aeons alone after the heat death of the universe — he is shaken, nihilistic, believing that everything is futile because everyone's going to die.
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