aloner

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adjective

More alone or isolated.

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Meanings

aloner1

adjective
  1. nonstandardMore alone or isolated.

    So sick, so alone. And now. Sicker, aloner. Was not that something?

    1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

aloner2

nounaloner (plural aloners)

plural aloners

  1. A person who enjoys being alone, but without the antisocial connotations of being a "loner".

    I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.

    2013, Margaux Joy DeNador, The Art of Living a Life You Love, page 158
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    If you are an aloner, you are self-reliant and autonomous, and relatively introverted. You don't need the company of others to buoy you up; […]

    2005, Claire Gordon, Do You Know the Real You?, page 57

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

aloner · adjective

From alone + -er (comparative suffix).

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aloner · noun

From alone + -er (relational suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

LorenaLenoraloanerreloanarenol
Cite this entry
APA

aloner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aloner

MLA

“aloner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aloner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aloner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aloner.

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