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 community-centric atmosphere of today’s climbing gyms signals a departure from the sensibility of bygone eras, when climbers styled themselves as misfits and loners set apart from society at-large.
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Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
In the midst of the life-or-death chaos, Arisu grows closer to Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), an athletic loner mourning the death of her mountain climber father.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Kimberly Weinberger stars as Connie, a cautious, mildly depressive woman in a dead-end relationship with an older man, and Alex Chernow plays Tristan, a fiery, almost childlike loner with secrets.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
The Baileys had sharply different personalities, with Maralyn being outgoing and optimistic compared to the socially awkward loner Maurice.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
In the midst of the life-or-death chaos, Arisu grows closer to Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), an athletic loner mourning the death of her mountain climber father.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Kimberly Weinberger stars as Connie, a cautious, mildly depressive woman in a dead-end relationship with an older man, and Alex Chernow plays Tristan, a fiery, almost childlike loner with secrets.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
The Baileys had sharply different personalities, with Maralyn being outgoing and optimistic compared to the socially awkward loner Maurice.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loner
Noun
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Then there was his creation of the ad hoc Department of Government Efficiency that fell under the leadership of maverick entrepreneur Elon Musk.—
Frank Miele,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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Trump hadn’t hired a kooky, maverick academic who happened to agree with him on tariffs, as has often been suggested.—
Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Also, Joan Cusack plays an infamous local eccentric, and a fictional pop star shows up!—
Mary Sollosi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
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The logger and railsplitter occasionally encounters American eccentrics, like a chatty drifter prone to sporting bible verses and an old coot of a demolitions expert with a philosophical bent.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Nov. 2025
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“Loner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loner. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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