as in dissident
deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices
George Sand's maverick views on marriage scandalized 19th-century French society
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as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
there's always one maverick who has to go his own way
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Recent Examples of maverick
Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2022
But even more remarkable is the fact that he's done all this without losing his maverick status.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
But after Donald Trump won a second term as US president in November, Starmer swapped what was considered a steady set of hands for a political heavyweight – a maverick able to maneuver in Trump’s Washington.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
As the label carved out a space for pop’s true maverick weirdos, Harle became notable for his classically pristine pop production, evident on collaborations with Charli XCX and Carly Rae Jepsen.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2022
But even more remarkable is the fact that he's done all this without losing his maverick status.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 7 Nov. 2022
Noun
Years later, in an interview for AOL, Stonestreet said that he was called in to read for the part of Lester Bangs — the maverick music writer who is a mentor to lead character William Miller — who was eventually played by Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
But after Donald Trump won a second term as US president in November, Starmer swapped what was considered a steady set of hands for a political heavyweight – a maverick able to maneuver in Trump’s Washington.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maverick
Adjective
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Human rights in Russia will suffer if the surveillance of dissident activity ramps up, and those seeking alternative means of communicating will stand out even more as regime-threatening anomalies.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Tucker Carlson, the one-time cable news king now moonlighting as a dissident podcaster, has evinced an unhealthy obsession with the Jewish people and the state of Israel.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The story behind this winning idea is a bit unconventional compared to other product rollouts.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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That same headbanging energy has defined her steady, albeit unconventional, political rise.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To be in the presence of this iconoclast was quite something.—
Ellie Goulding,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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But this documentary shows us Novak as the fiercely independent iconoclast who left Hollywood on her own terms.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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Although Americans are individualists, we’re still expected to go home for the holidays and to cite our parents as our greatest sources of inspiration.—
Anesce Dremen,
Longreads,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The petite hamlet is truly one of a kind: Originally intended as a resort destination in the late 19th century, Eureka Springs later became a home for hippies and nonconformists seeking rural refuge in the 1970s.—
Nico Lang,
Them.,
21 Apr. 2025
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German immigrants founded and built the club, and in later decades Nature Friends became a hub for numerous groups: some esoteric, some nonconformist and others looking for a rustic place to chill.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Maverick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maverick. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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