loner
loner
Definition
☆ loner (lōn′ər)
noun
Informal one who prefers to be independent of others, as by living or working alone
loner
Synonyms
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.
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