maverick
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈmævərɪk/
:
inconformista
- After all, his country was something of a maverick among nations, half-European, half-Third World.
Afterwards I found out that it wasn't just Freddie being a maverick, although he was.
- Afterwards I found out that it wasn't just Freddie being a maverick, although he was.
- I think Curtis Trent or all of them are Mavericks in as much as they think a little bit differently.
- When I think of our next guest, I think of the term maverick.
Examples
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Professionally, Dr. Kyle Cassity was something of a maverick as well.
Fiction book (2002) -
Bill thought of himself as a maverick, self-made;
Academic text (2017) -
Someone who is truly a maverick would have made that kind of choice.
Blog text (16) -
"I'm so much more willing to be a maverick now."
Academic text (2007) -
Like Muhammad Ali, Johnson had his maverick side, was proud and black, and wanted to make history.
Academic text (2011) -
He was trying to be a maverick of the industry, and base himself on ethics rather than just money.
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She's our maverick, our wild card, and today she's going to take us right to the edge.
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How could he respect bureaucrats when his father had been a maverick lobsterman?
Fiction book (1999) -
If enough voters blame the hardliners for economic woes, a maverick candidate might emerge.
Blog text (15) -
The artist is a true maverick, creating work that challenges traditional norms and expectations.
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who acts against the government or people in power
23
4.8
A person who follows their own way and ignores social rules
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7.2
A person who disagrees with common ideas or with those in charge
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8.2
A person who often disagrees with what most people think, for example by buying stocks when others sell
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6.3
A person who prefers to think and act independently
A person who openly refuses to follow rules or authority
Antonyms
How Independent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maverick comes from that story about unmarked calves wandering alone. From that image, people began to call anyone who goes their own way a maverick, meaning 'a person who thinks and acts independently'.