quixote

noun

Definition of quixotenext
as in maverick

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixote
  1. maverick
  2. screwball
  3. nonconformist
  4. kook
  5. codger
  6. eccentric
  7. crackpot
  8. weirdo
Noun
  • One of the most glaring moments of defiance came in January 2022, when both maverick senators voted against a Democratic proposal to carve out the Senate’s filibuster rule to pass voting rights legislation.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Starring Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in the lead role, the film charts Epstein’s life as a gay, Jewish maverick who was instrumental in the Beatles’ rise before his death, of an accidental drug overdose, in 1967.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of maverick
Noun
  • Powell’s off-the-charts charisma was evident, but so was his menace and screwball timing.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Her fabulously named Delysia Lafosse treats life like a Mae West comedy, juggling three hunky lovers, deluxe showbiz dreams, and a starchy social secretary (Frances McDormand) with screwball frenzy.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of screwball
Noun
  • Invariably, memorials devoted to these two nonconformists emphasized their complicated personalities.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 July 2024
  • The uniform and the nonconformist.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2022
Definition of nonconformist
Noun
  • For the pogues and kooks who've already torn through the first half of the new season of Outer Banks, season 4 part 2 is on its way.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Although there’s truly nothing as important as spending time in the water, there are some things that will make the process of going from a complete kook to a proficient beginner less of a chore.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of kook
Noun
  • Popular culture’s usual parade of toothless codgers and crones increasingly seemed obsolete.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Otto is also suicidal — something A Man Called Otto never sufficiently dramatizes, cheapening the codger’s despair as the film prepares for the feel-good ending to come.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of codger
Noun
  • Long before its golden sands and rocky coves became reality TV-famous, Laguna Beach was known as an enclave for artists, eccentrics, surfers, and bohemians.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That someone was Gary Paxton, one of the true eccentrics in the early fly-by-night Hollywood rock ‘n’ roll industry.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of eccentric
Noun
  • Lucius becomes a slave and is in the charge of crafty Macrinus, and soon becomes entertainment for the masses and two dangerously crackpot twin Roman emperors — Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger).
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Those may sound like the Luddite ravings of a crackpot who breached security at an IEEE conference.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2014
Definition of crackpot
Noun
  • Much the way college radio established a safe space for weirdos on the left of the dial, Night Flight staked out misfit-friendly terrain on the upper reaches of basic cable.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
  • They become invested in Layla’s whole romantic saga, but the funniest part about their involvement is that this movie paints them as annoying weirdos who love to harmonize random sentences.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of weirdo
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