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aloner

aloner adjective: more alone or isolated.

Adjective

aloner

  1. (nonstandard) More alone or isolated.
    • So sick, so alone.
      And now.
      Sicker, aloner.
      Was not that something?1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Noun

aloner (plural aloners)

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

Forms of aloner

pluralaloners

Origin of aloner

From alone + -er (comparative suffix).

From alone + -er (relational suffix).

Questions about aloner

What does aloner mean?
Aloner means more alone or isolated.
What part of speech is aloner?
Aloner can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near aloner in the dictionary

  1. aloneliest
  2. alonely
  3. alonement
  4. aloneness
  5. alonenesses
  6. aloner
  7. aloners
  8. alonest
  9. along
  10. along about
  11. along of

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