Synonyms for loner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : loh-ner

Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ nər

Définition of loner

Origin : "one who avoids company," 1946; see lone. Apparently first in U.S. baseball slang (earliest reference is to Ted Williams).
Ted is likable enough in spite of his obsession with his specialty. He is something of a "loner," and he refuses to pal around with his teammates in off hours, but in the clubhouse he does his share of the talking. ["Life" magazine, Sept. 23, 1946]

noun recluse

Example sentences :

It could not have been loner alight: since but little of the lard was consumed.
Extract from : « The Maroon » by Mayne Reid

She hastened to the spring, but fountain and pitcher were no loner there.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. » by Various

It was not loner however until I saw him go into the dance and begin to drink.
Extract from : « Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester » by William Atherton

He had been a loner for so many years that he found a certain inverse pleasure in following someone else.
Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison

From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of loner descent.
Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by Various

I guess that's why they called him a loner, because he was alone so much.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Well, he had hair like his mother for example, but he was a loner.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Well, my first impression of this individual is that he was somewhat, to use the term, "loner."
Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

At last young Roosevelt could endure their persecutions no loner, and tried to fight.
Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland

She was just as much of a loner as apparently Mr. Oswald was.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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