lone wolf

lone wolf
noun
a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
• Syn: ↑loner, ↑lone hand
• Hypernyms: ↑individualist
• Hyponyms: ↑hermit, ↑recluse, ↑solitary, ↑solitudinarian, ↑troglodyte

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noun
1. : a wolf that hunts or prowls alone
2. : a person who prefers to work, act, or live alone

American painters are lone wolves who fear to lose their individuality by working together and trading ideas — Manny Farber

in all things a lone wolf, apparently wanting no friends and seeking to influence no man — C.W.M.Hart

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Informal.
a person who prefers to live, act, or work alone or independent of others.
[1905-10, Amer.]

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lone wolf noun (figurative)
A loner
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Main Entry: ↑lone

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lone wolf UK US noun [countable] [singular lone wolf plural lone wolves]
someone who likes to be or work alone
Thesaurus: people who are shy or prefer to be alonesynonym

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lone wolf,
1. Informal. a) a person who works or prefers to work alone: »

More than most of today's scientists, she is a lone wolf investigator, living for the excitement of finding things out (Atlantic).

 b) a person who remains to himself, especially in opinions: »

He is obviously not an individualist or a lone wolf (New Scientist).

2. a wolf that lives and hunts alone.

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n. a person who prefers to act or be alone

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noun, pl ⋯ wolves [count]
: someone who likes to act, live, or work alone : ↑loner

He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.


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