Meanings
plural loners
- One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
I actually enjoy being a loner.
3 more examples
For one thing, he wanted to see if anyone was following Ricketts. The Cockney had been thrown out of SAS because he was a loner and a canteen cowboy.
1985, J. C. Winters, Berlin Fugle, page 307I 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 158An unaspected planet bides its time and then emerges, often explosively and seemingly out of character. These potent loners are a hidden influence within the chart.
2018, Judy Hall, The Astrology BibleSynonyms: solitary, aloner, anchoret, anchorite, eremite, hermit, Miller of Dee, monk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
- Proto-Germanic*allaz
- Proto-West Germanic*all
- Old Englisheall
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*ain
- Old Englishān
- Old Englisheall ān
- Middle Englishall oon
- Middle Englishallone
- Englishalone
- Englishlone
- Englishloner
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 邊緣人 /边缘人
- 邊緣人 /边缘人 (biānyuánrén)one who lacks or avoids company
Czech samotář
- samotářone who lacks or avoids company
Danish enspænder
- enspænderone who lacks or avoids company
Dutch eenling, eenzaat
- eenlingone who lacks or avoids company
- eenzaatone who lacks or avoids company
Finnish yksineläjä, erakko
- yksineläjäone who lacks or avoids company
- erakkoone who lacks or avoids company
- yksinäinen susione who lacks or avoids company
French solitaire
- solitaireone who lacks or avoids company
German Einzelgänger, Eigenbrötler
- Einzelgängerone who lacks or avoids company
- Eigenbrötlerone who lacks or avoids company
- Einzelkämpferone who lacks or avoids company
Greek ερημίτης
- ερημίτης (erimítis)one who lacks or avoids company
Icelandic einfari
- einfarione who lacks or avoids company
Italian eremita, solitario
- eremitaone who lacks or avoids company
- solitarioone who lacks or avoids company
Japanese ぼっち
- ぼっち (botchi)one who lacks or avoids company
Korean 외돌토리, 외톨박이
- 외돌토리 (oedoltori)one who lacks or avoids company
- 외톨박이 (oetolbagi)one who lacks or avoids company
- 외톨이 (oetori)one who lacks or avoids company
- 아싸 (assa)one who lacks or avoids company
Malay penyendiri
- penyendirione who lacks or avoids company
Norwegian einstøing
- einstøingone who lacks or avoids company
Polish samotnik
- samotnikone who lacks or avoids company
Portuguese solitário, bicho do mato
- solitárioone who lacks or avoids company
- bicho do matoone who lacks or avoids company
Russian одино́чка, бирю́к
- одино́чка (odinóčka)one who lacks or avoids company
- бирю́к (birjúk)one who lacks or avoids company
Scottish Gaelic aonaran
- aonaranone who lacks or avoids company
Spanish solitario, huraño
- solitarioone who lacks or avoids company
- hurañoone who lacks or avoids company
Swedish ensamvarg, särling
- ensamvargone who lacks or avoids company
- särlingone who lacks or avoids company
- enstöringone who lacks or avoids company
Turkish yalnız, soliter
- yalnızone who lacks or avoids company
- soliterone who lacks or avoids company
Ukrainian одина́к, самі́тник
- одина́к (odynák)one who lacks or avoids company
- самі́тник (samítnyk)one who lacks or avoids company
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
loner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loner
“loner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loner.
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