as in maverick
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
that guy in tech support is a loner, and never wants to hang out with the rest of us
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Recent Examples of loner
With Jimmy Buffett the effusive showman and James Taylor the introspective loner, the two ostensibly seemed worlds apart.
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
The down-and-out loner has murdered people who’d made fun of him, including the host of a TV talk show.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
Jason Kohler, 21, who went to the same high school, told CNN that Crooks was bullied by other students and seemed to be a loner.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 14 July 2024
Who’s Watching tells the unsettling story of Caleb, a metalhead loner who becomes obsessed with his co-worker, Krista.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
The down-and-out loner has murdered people who’d made fun of him, including the host of a TV talk show.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
Jason Kohler, 21, who went to the same high school, told CNN that Crooks was bullied by other students and seemed to be a loner.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 14 July 2024
Who’s Watching tells the unsettling story of Caleb, a metalhead loner who becomes obsessed with his co-worker, Krista.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loner
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He is paired with Barbara Havers (Sofia Barclay), a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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He is paired with Barbara Havers (Barclay), a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Radical individualists come to environmentalism from a different place than other people who support the cause.Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
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This season, the Yankees have embraced right-hander Marcus Stroman and left fielder Alex Verdugo, two players who, like Chisholm, occasionally come off as individualists.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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This business is all about the little eccentrics out there who get lost in the shuffle.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Loner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loner. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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