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
The loners and pariahs in Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines (Pantheon, $28) insist on sinking.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Black holes are the notorious loners of the universe since getting close to them usually means catastrophic destruction.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2025
The tall Burr Johnson is often a loner in this group, gesturing and prancing, then suddenly swirling into larger-scale motion.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Could an irredeemable loner doomed to a life peering from the outside in do this?
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
Black holes are the notorious loners of the universe since getting close to them usually means catastrophic destruction.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2025
The tall Burr Johnson is often a loner in this group, gesturing and prancing, then suddenly swirling into larger-scale motion.
—Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Could an irredeemable loner doomed to a life peering from the outside in do this?
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loner
Noun
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Ballard is a maverick who’s been demoted to assembling a volunteer team, literally in the basement, to review cold case files.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
6 July 2025
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Car chases were as reliable a trope as the maverick officer with his own moral code mouthing off to superiors, or the battle-scarred veteran who’s seen it all and just wants to eat donuts and make it to retirement.—
Maris Kreizman,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
Noun
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What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama?—
Ed Simon
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Although Americans are individualists, we’re still expected to go home for the holidays and to cite our parents as our greatest sources of inspiration.—
Anesce Dremen,
Longreads,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Ra’s decades-long adherence to this personal mythology, along with his air of serene bemusement and his extravagant robes and headdresses, led to his popular image as a colorful eccentric.—
Ekow Eshun
July 11,
Literary Hub,
11 July 2025
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Other characters include outcasts, visionaries and eccentrics — all of whom live on the margins as unseen — a former priest, a girl trapped in working her family’s candy stand, a woman who learned preaching from her brother and is a caretaker for her dying housemate.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2025
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“Loner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loner. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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