loner
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈloʊnər/
:
solitario
- Roy was a real loner.
- described as a loner
- loner or gang member
Cats being antisocial, cats being loners, solitary, all a myth.
- Cats being antisocial, cats being loners, solitary, all a myth.
- True enough, Beethoven in all ways was a loner and not a good team player.
- Do you become kind of a loner where you be careful who you trust?
- So he says, much of his life he'd been a loner.
- I was always like quite a loner child.
- Yeah, you and then you become a bit of a loner.
- They sit in the back, they work on their own, they grind, they're loners.
- And Dubroy says I was kind of a loner.
- It was just like a bunch of loners talking to each other and in chat rooms and stuff.
- There was a guy live with his mum and he was a bit of a loner.
- They're half of them are loners, men that can't make long relationships with others.
- So yeah, I, I, I, I started to kind of become like the nerd slash, like loner kid.
- And, you know, over there with like, yeah, by herself, the loners, you know, yeah, shout out to the loners though.
- And, you know, because I'd pretty much been a loner, you know, yeah, I think you're more normal than I am.
- And it's one thing if someone is mysterious by nature, meaning some people are, they're kind of loners.
Examples
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You seem to be kind of a loner.
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Michael Tillman was a loner, something of a recluse; he always had been and always would be.
Fiction book (1993) -
Do you become kind of a loner where you be careful who you trust?
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Sky was probably a loner who lost it.
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I can be a little bit of a loner, OK?
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And maybe you find another loner, and you look after each other.
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I was a bit of a loner at that time.
Fiction book (1993) -
I am naturally a loner and not gregarious.
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I'm sorry, Daisy, but I'm a loner, and a loner's got to be alone.
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She has always considered herself a loner, preferring to spend her weekends reading rather than socializing.
Synonyms
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6.1
A person who lives alone away from other people, often for religious reasons
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7.8
A person who lives alone and avoids other people
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5.1
A person who prefers being alone or small groups and feels tired by social activity
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5.0
A person who prefers to do things alone rather than with others
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7.2
A person who lives alone and avoids the company of others
A person who prefers to act or be alone without help
A person who avoids social contact and prefers being alone
A person who chooses to live alone away from other people
A person who lives alone and avoids meeting other people
Antonyms
How Solitary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loner comes from the word lone, meaning 'alone', plus the ending -er, meaning 'one who'. So a loner is someone who prefers to be by themselves and avoids being with others.