Meanings
plural individualists
- Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.
- Someone who believes in the philosophy of individualism; a solipsist.
- Someone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.
Miró was too much of an individualist to simply subscribe to an aesthetic party platform of Mediterranean art, which wanted to move forward, but only at a safe trot.
2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 181 more example
However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.
1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14Synonyms: free spirit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who does as they wish, unconstrained by external influences.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemarked by or expressing individuality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan individualista, individualista
- individualistasomeone who does as they wish
- individualistasomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Chinese Mandarin 個人主義者 /个人主义者
- 個人主義者 /个人主义者 (gèrén zhǔyì zhě)someone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Czech individualista
- individualistasomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Dutch individualist, individualist
- individualistsomeone who does as they wish
- individualistsomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
French individualiste
- individualistesomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
German Individualist, Individualistin
- Individualistsomeone who does as they wish
- Individualistinsomeone who does as they wish
- Individualistsomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
- Individualistinsomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Italian individualista
- individualistasomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Malay individualis, individualis
- individualissomeone who does as they wish
- individualissomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Polish indywidualista
- indywidualistasomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Portuguese individualista
- individualistasomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Russian индивидуалист
- индивидуалист (individualist)someone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Spanish individualista, individualista
- individualistasomeone who does as they wish
- individualistasomeone who believes in individualism as sociopolitical system
Cite this entry
individualist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/individualist
“individualist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/individualist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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