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loner

Syllables: lon·er/ˈləʊ.nə/US/ˈloʊ.nəɹ/

loner noun: one who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

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Noun

loner (plural loners)

  1. One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
    • I actually enjoy being a loner.
    • 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 307

loner meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay

loner in Tamil

தனிக்கட்டை

loner in Malayalam

recluse, introvert, lone wolf
ഏകാകി, ഏകാകിനി, ഏകൻ, ഏകലൻ, തനിയൻ, ഒറ്റയാൻ

loner in Kannada

ಒಬ್ಬಂಟಿಗ, ಒಬ್ಬೊಂಟಿಗ, ಒಂಟಿಜೀವಿ, ಏಕಾಂತ ಜೀವಿ, ಎಕ್ಕಟಿ, ಒಂಟಿಗ

loner in Malay

one who lacks or avoids company
penyendiri

Examples of loner in a sentence

  • 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:
  • These potent loners are a hidden influence within the chart.2018, Judy Hall, The Astrology Bible:

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Synonyms of loner

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Forms of loner

pluralloners

Plural of loner: loners

Origin of loner

From lone + -er.

Words formed from loner

Words that rhyme with loner

Questions about loner

What does loner mean?
Loner means one who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
What is loner in Tamil?
Loner in Tamil is தனிக்கட்டை. See Loner meaning in Tamil.
How do you use loner in a sentence?
I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.
What part of speech is loner?
Loner is a noun.
How do you pronounce loner?
Loner is pronounced /ˈləʊ.nə/ (UK).
What is the plural of loner?
The plural of loner is loners.

Words near loner in the dictionary

  1. lonely-hearts
  2. lonelyheart
  3. lonelyhearted
  4. lonelyhearts
  5. loneness
  6. loner
  7. Lonergan
  8. Lonerganian
  9. Lonergans
  10. lonerish
  11. lonerism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: loner (page history and authors); loner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); loner (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); loner (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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