Meanings
- not comparableWithout friends (without a friend).
friendless homebody
2 more examples
Someone is friendless and cannot find their way / So I'll keep my light in my window / I want to be there to help restore their faith / So I'll keep my light in my window
1974, Caston & Majors, “I'll Keep My Light In My Window”, in Caston & MajorsWhile Conservative and Labour MPs instinctively had deep political differences, they were united in the cold view that at the end of the 1950s, Britain's railways were friendless and almost finished.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50Antonyms: enemyless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWithout friends (without a friend).
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishfrēondlēas
- Middle Englishfrendles
- Englishfriendless
From Middle English frendles, from Old English frēondlēas. By surface analysis, friend + -less.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄφιλος
- ἄφιλος (áphilos)without friends
Bengali বন্ধুহীন
- বন্ধুহীন (bondhuhin)without friends
Danish venneløs
- venneløswithout friends
Dutch vriendloos
- vriendlooswithout friends
Esperanto senamika
- senamikawithout friends
German freundlos
- freundloswithout friends
Icelandic vinalaus
- vinalauswithout friends
Norwegian Bokmål vennelaus, venneløs
- vennelauswithout friends
- venneløswithout friends
Polish samotny, opuszczony
- samotnywithout friends
- opuszczonywithout friends
- bez przyjaciółwithout friends
Spanish sin amigos
- sin amigoswithout friends
Swedish vänlös
- vänlöswithout friends
Turkish arkadaşsız
- arkadaşsızwithout friends
Cite this entry
friendless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendless
“friendless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “friendless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/friendless.
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