as in wallflower
a shy or reserved person
although interested in the public welfare, he was too much of an introvert to consider personally running for political office
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Recent Examples of introvert
Sloths primarily live in rainforests and are known as biological introverts for their highly specialized diets and survival mechanisms adapted over millions of years of evolution.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2026
However, in the wild, the algae are the ocean’s introverts, and only glow when they are bothered, like jolted by a crashing wave or the hull of a passing boat.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
Sandstrom describes herself as an introvert who used to avoid small talk with acquaintances or strangers.
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Markham Heid,
Time,
28 Apr. 2026
Jonsson plays Taylor, a watchful, aged-beyond-his-years introvert who has spent 13 years behind bars on a manslaughter charge — missing almost the entire life of his teenage son Adam (Cole Martin), from whom the boy’s mother is determined to keep him estranged.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2026
However, in the wild, the algae are the ocean’s introverts, and only glow when they are bothered, like jolted by a crashing wave or the hull of a passing boat.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
Sandstrom describes herself as an introvert who used to avoid small talk with acquaintances or strangers.
—
Markham Heid,
Time,
28 Apr. 2026
Jonsson plays Taylor, a watchful, aged-beyond-his-years introvert who has spent 13 years behind bars on a manslaughter charge — missing almost the entire life of his teenage son Adam (Cole Martin), from whom the boy’s mother is determined to keep him estranged.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for introvert
Noun
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And O’Flynn is its breakout star, achieving fan-favorite status not by regurgitating girls-in-horror tropes but by bringing Royal Academy gravitas to a character who might have initially read like a wallflower.
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Its high jewelry has never been for wallflowers, and that notion is inherent to one of the crowning statement pieces, the Fortune necklace.
Noun
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This highly competent, obsessive duo tumbles into a self-destructive cat-and-mouse dynamic — but who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?
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Some pest control companies might include them in general pest control, whereas others include them in higher-tier plans or offer rat and mouse extermination as an add-on specialty service.
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“Introvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/introvert. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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