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LONER (loner)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loner mean?
• LONER (noun)
The noun LONER has 1 sense:
1. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
Familiarity information: LONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who avoids the company or assistance of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("loner" is a kind of...):
individualist (a person who pursues independent thought or action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loner"):
hermit; recluse; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte (one who lives in solitude)
Context examples
That in itself was strange — Muusoctopus are normally loners.
(Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea, National Science Foundation)
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