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
According to Esquire, the finale solidified Cassian's transformation from a cynical loner into a dedicated insurgent, setting up his role in the formation of the Rebel Alliance.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
The plot centers on Nico, a 15-year-old loner bullied at school due to his parents’ funeral business.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 May 2025
Louis-Dreyfus’ villainous character has positioned a number of MCU loners and rejects to kill each other for her own nefarious reasons.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
He’s been IDed as Blake Kersten, a loner who was estranged from his family after his parents kicked him out at 17 for being gay.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
The plot centers on Nico, a 15-year-old loner bullied at school due to his parents’ funeral business.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 May 2025
Louis-Dreyfus’ villainous character has positioned a number of MCU loners and rejects to kill each other for her own nefarious reasons.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
He’s been IDed as Blake Kersten, a loner who was estranged from his family after his parents kicked him out at 17 for being gay.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loner
Noun
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Your Ability To Work Within A Structured System Franchising isn’t necessarily for the maverick who is looking to reinvent themselves and their passion.—
Seth Lederman,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Think of Ait-Nouri as a Joao Cancelo type full-back; a maverick in possession, inventive, good in tight spaces, and able to play in the pockets or out wide in a flexible Pep Guardiola team.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Immigration has surged, and the United States has entered an individualist, conservative epoch.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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No other nation has more outstanding individualists.—
Philipp Lahm,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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To take her mind off him, Agathe meets an Austen-like family of eccentrics running the retreat and the sometimes pretentious writers attending it.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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“Loner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loner. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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