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LONER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: loner   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who avoids the company or assistance of others

Synonyms:

lone hand; lone wolf; loner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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