loner

See also: löner

English

Etymology

From lone +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊnə(r)
• Hyphenation: lon‧er

Noun

loner (plural loners)

1. One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

   I actually enjoy being a loner.

Synonyms

• (one who is alone): hermit, recluse, anchoret, anchorite, Miller of Dee, solitary, solitaire, anthrophobe

Translations

one who lacks or avoids company

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨來獨往 (zh), 独来独往 (zh) (dúláidúwǎng)

• Czech: samotář m
• Dutch: eenzaat (nl) m
• Finnish: yksineläjä, erakko, yksinäinen susi
• French: solitaire (fr) m, f
• German: Eremit (de) m, Einzelgänger (de) m, einsamer Wolf m, Eigenbrötler (de) m
• Greek: ερημίτης (el) m (erimítis)
• Italian: eremita (it) m, solitario (it) m
• Japanese: ぼっち (botchi) (slang)

• Malay: penyendiri
• Norwegian: einstøing m
• Old English: ānhaga
• Polish: samotnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: solitário (pt)
• Russian: одино́чка (ru) m, f (odinóčka), бирю́к (ru) m (birjúk)
• Scottish Gaelic: aonaran m
• Spanish: solitario (es) m, huraño (es) m
• Swedish: ensamvarg (sv) c
• Turkish: münzevi (tr)

See also

• misanthrope

Anagrams

• Elron, Loren, Rolen, enrol, nerol