aloner
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From alone + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
[edit]aloner
- (nonstandard) More alone or isolated.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- So sick, so alone.
And now.
Sicker, aloner.
Was not that something?
Etymology 2
[edit]From alone + -er (relational suffix).
Noun
[edit]aloner (plural aloners)
- A person who enjoys being alone, but without the antisocial connotations of being a "loner".
- 2005, Claire Gordon, Do You Know the Real You?, page 57:
- 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; […]
- 2013, Margaux Joy DeNador, The Art of Living a Life You Love, page 158:
- I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.