- lone wolf
- nouna person who avoids the company or assistance of others• Hypernyms: ↑individualist• Hyponyms: ↑hermit, ↑recluse, ↑solitary, ↑solitudinarian, ↑troglodyte
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noun1. : a wolf that hunts or prowls alone2. : a person who prefers to work, act, or live aloneAmerican 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.]* * *
lone wolf noun (figurative)A loner• • •Main Entry: ↑lone* * *
someone who likes to be or work aloneThesaurus: people who are shy or prefer to be alonesynonym* * *
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.* * *
n. a person who prefers to act or be alone* * *
noun, pl ⋯ wolves [count]He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.