as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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Recent Examples of lone-wolf
Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Highly effective CEOs resist the lone-wolf trap.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 July 2025
In a year where tour companies offer special packages for lone wolves, Morton has compiled a list of the 18 best solo trips to take around the world.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
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Noun
To blame the Left or the Right for this lone-wolf act is total surface-level mentality.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Highly effective CEOs resist the lone-wolf trap.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Infused into his mundane, bluesy trap music is a lone wolf spirit that comes from being an only child whose father was incarcerated for most of his childhood and whose mother worked into the night.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 July 2025
In a year where tour companies offer special packages for lone wolves, Morton has compiled a list of the 18 best solo trips to take around the world.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lone-wolf
Adjective
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Someone with antisocial traits may appear calm most of the time, but suddenly react strongly to obstacles or conflict.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Lurking beneath the antisocial facade is a simmering sense of pride for these depths of depravity.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Henry Jaglom, the maverick auteur who crafted deeply intimate and unconventional films that explored the intricacies of relationships and the quirkiness of human behavior, has died.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jazz is an art form with an outsized share of mavericks, rebels, and creative dissidents who’ve built careers by blazing their own particular paths.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Dodgers’ lone bullpen acquisition at the trade deadline, Brock Stewart, was acquired to tackle facing right-handed hitters.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Chattanooga ties for last Chattanooga's lone appearance on the top 10 sees the city in a three-way tie with Nashville in eighth place.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
Adjective
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Hospitality fared well in Deputy’s study, making up half of the 10 happiest job sectors, despite the sector’s reputation for high stress, unsociable hours, and low pay.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
Noun
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For decades, Ibiza has been drawing free spirits, New Age wellness seekers, and party people who keep its clubs pulsing until dawn.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pamela is a self-effacing free spirit whose honesty and abandonment cast a spell on the embittered Wendall.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.—
Nick CanepaColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Noun
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The spectacular failure of aspiring enfant terrible David Hogg this week in the first test of his youth movement in an Arizona House primary would seem to point in the same direction, but look closer.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
18 July 2025
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Blockbuster: Caravaggio 2025, Palazzo Barberini Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio—known far and wide as Caravaggio—was quite the enfant terrible.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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“Lone-wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lone-wolf. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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