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
Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
In the West, 93% of fatal attacks were carried out by lone wolf terrorists.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Considerations For Working With Investing Clubs With small-business investing, a lone wolf may get bogged down in a single acquisition and have to trade their time for money.
—Joseph Drups, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lone wolf
Noun
Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
In the West, 93% of fatal attacks were carried out by lone wolf terrorists.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Considerations For Working With Investing Clubs With small-business investing, a lone wolf may get bogged down in a single acquisition and have to trade their time for money.
—Joseph Drups, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lone wolf
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lone wolf
Adjective
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To solve the murder of Treasury Department honcho Raymond King (J.K. Simmons, getting out while the getting is good) our fabled, antisocial hero forges an uneasy allegiance of convenience with the dead man’s protégé, Marybeth (Cynthia Addai-Robinson).—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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Many of them show signs of problem behavior in their early years and then engage in antisocial or violent behavior for most of their lives.—
Jens Ludwig,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Garrett, a maverick who put the Portuguese town of Nazaré on the map for its massive waves, set a record there, surfing a 78-footer — imagine an eight-story office building coming up behind you.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Trump had called out Massie by name during the meeting, ribbing the Kentucky maverick for opposing the legislation at the heart of the president’s domestic agenda.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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The lone goal could be almost directly attributed to it.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
23 May 2025
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Brennan Johnson scored the lone goal in the 42nd minute after an incidental deflection off Manchester United’s Luke Shaw, sending Spurs to next season’s Champions League.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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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
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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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
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Her thoughtfulness, confidence and free spirit are truly inspirational.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Nicky, a reckless free spirit, is also Adam’s ex and the biological mother of Adam and Chloe’s teenage son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan).—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
1 May 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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That Charli’s performance went right into Green Day felt, more than most of Coachella’s adjacent performances, thematically apt, each indulging in an enfant terrible persona to create outsider art that eventually became insider art.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2025
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Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lone%20wolf. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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