as in bohemians
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 loners
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
The fleeting but fulfilling chance encounter between the two young loners has the air of a meet-cute tale, and there’s certainly a romantic feel to how their situation develops.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
And stuff each song with lyrics about '20s-generation malaise and deranged loners?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
The fleeting but fulfilling chance encounter between the two young loners has the air of a meet-cute tale, and there’s certainly a romantic feel to how their situation develops.
—Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
And stuff each song with lyrics about '20s-generation malaise and deranged loners?
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loners
Noun
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Most of our mavericks who fly that close to the sun never get to see that journey through.—
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Still, his detective instincts are ultimately reawakened, and his new department becomes a magnet for a crew of misfits and mavericks.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 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
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“Loners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loners. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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