loner

See also: löner

English

Etymology

From lone +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊnɚ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Homophone: loaner
Rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: lon‧er

Noun

loner (plural loners)

One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
Synonyms: solitary; see also Thesaurus:recluse

Coordinate terms: aloner, misanthrope

I actually enjoy being a loner.

Derived terms

lonerish

Translations

one who lacks or avoids company

Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨來獨往／独来独往 (zh) (dúláidúwǎng)
Czech: samotář m
Danish: enspænder
Dutch: eenling (nl) m, eenzaat (nl) m
Finnish: yksineläjä (fi), erakko (fi), yksinäinen susi
French: solitaire (fr) m or f
Galician: can sen dono m
German: Einzelgänger (de) m, Eigenbrötler (de) m
Greek: ερημίτης (el) m (erimítis)
Icelandic: einfari (is) m
Italian: eremita (it) m, solitario (it) m
Japanese: ぼっち (ja) (botchi) (slang)
Macedonian: оса́меник m (osámenik)
Malay: penyendiri
Norwegian: einstøing m
Old English: āngenġa m
Polish: samotnik (pl) m
Portuguese: solitário (pt), bicho do mato (pt)
Russian: одино́чка (ru) m or f (odinóčka), бирю́к (ru) m (birjúk)
Scottish Gaelic: aonaran m
Spanish: solitario (es) m, huraño (es) m
Swedish: ensamvarg (sv) c, särling (sv) c, enstöring (sv) c
Turkish: yalnız (tr), soliter

Further reading

loner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Elron, Loren, Rolen, enrol, nerol

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