lone wolf

lone wolf

noun

Definition of LONE WOLF

: a person who prefers to work, act, or live alone

— lone–wolf adjective

Examples of LONE WOLF

1. He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.
2. <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

Related Words: freethinker; character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, freak, kook, nut, oddball, screwball, weirdo; eight ball, misfit, outsider; aberrant, anomaly

Near Antonyms: adherent, follower, supporter; sheep

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