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loner Definition

loner (lōnər)

noun

Informal one who prefers to be independent of others, as by living or working alone

loner Synonyms

loner

n.

independent, recluse, lone wolf; see hermit, misanthrope.

loner Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: I wanted to be the same as everyone else but I couldn't be, so I became a loner.
  • introvert: His portrayal of the introverted loner Jim Stark in that film quickly created a new star.
  • brood: The group chose to use the icon of batman, a brooding psychotic loner, to represent them in this.
  • derange: However, a FBI investigation concluded that Zangara was a mentally deranged loner and was not involved in any conspiracy to kill Cermak.
  • alienate: Both also depict alienated, blank-faced loners as their main characters.
  • remain: But he still remained the eternal loner, preferring not to make too many close friends: to exist for himself.

Adjective modifier

  • teenage: Director Lucky McKee, serves up a chilling variation on the disaffected teenage loner turned psycho theme with MAY.
  • eccentric: Orkney police said they were concerned over the disappearance of an eccentric loner living rough on Hoy.
  • stereotypical: Wallander is a superb protagonist, and while just now I said he was the stereotypical loner, in all honesty he isn't.
  • quirky: Even the quirky loner is not without some kind of support system.
  • isolated: Within months he went from being a popular, vivacious and outgoing young man to a shattered, isolated loner.
  • quiet: Olympia, a quiet loner, had given birth to a strong healthy infant.

Preposition: with

  • friend: The assumption had been till that point that Jandek was a loner with no friends.

Noun used with modifier

  • school: It seems now all his friends have deserted him, and he only has Ursula, the school loner, to stand by him.