lone wolf
lone wolf
nounDefinition of LONE WOLF
: a person who prefers to work, act, or live alone
— lone–wolf adjective
Examples of LONE WOLF
- He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.
- <a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself>
First Known Use of LONE WOLF
1909
Related to LONE WOLF
- Synonyms
- bohemian, boho, counterculturist, deviant, enfant terrible, free spirit, heretic, iconoclast, individualist, loner, lone ranger, nonconformist, maverick, nonconformer
- Antonyms
- conformer, conformist
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