aloner meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

aloner

adj

Etymology From alone + -er (comparative suffix).

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

Etymology From alone + -er (relational suffix).

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: