name
Meaning 1
A town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
lone wolf
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləʊn ˈwʊlf/
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General-American: /ˌloʊn ˈwʊlf/
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rhymes with -ʊlf
noun
Meaning 2
A wolf that is not part of a pack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who avoids the company of others; an independent or solitary person; a loner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
A criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Qualifier: crime
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: criminal, crook, committer, culprit, delinquent, desperado, double-dealer, felon, hoodlum, lawbreaker, lowlife, malefactor, malfeasant, offender, outlaw, perpetrator, public enemy, scofflaw, undesirable
noun
Meaning 5
a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loner, lone hand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: individualist
Narrower terms: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
History
Etymology
Named after Chief Lone Wolf.
From lone + wolf.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: yalquzaq — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Chinese Mandarin: 孤狼 (gūláng) — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Finnish: yksinäinen susi — wolf that is not part of a pack
- French: loup solitaire — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Japanese: 一匹狼 (ippiki ōkami) — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Polish: samotny wilk — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Russian: бирюк (birjuk) — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Swedish: ensamvarg — wolf that is not part of a pack
- Chinese Mandarin: 獨行俠 /独行侠 (dúxíngxiá) — person who avoids the company of others
- Finnish: yksinäinen susi — person who avoids the company of others
- French: loup solitaire — person who avoids the company of others
- German: einsamer Wolf — person who avoids the company of others
- Hungarian: magányos farkas — person who avoids the company of others
- Japanese: 一匹狼 (ippikiōkami) — person who avoids the company of others
- Korean: 독불 장군 (dokbul janggun) — person who avoids the company of others
- Macedonian: осаменик (osamenik) — person who avoids the company of others
- Malay: suka bersendirian — person who avoids the company of others
- Polish: samotny wilk — person who avoids the company of others
- Portuguese: lobo solitário — person who avoids the company of others
- Russian: бирю́к (birjúk) — person who avoids the company of others
- Serbo-Croatian: са́мац — person who avoids the company of others
- Serbo-Croatian: sámac — person who avoids the company of others
- Swedish: ensamvarg — person who avoids the company of others
- Turkish: yalnız kurt — person who avoids the company of others
- Chinese Mandarin: 獨狼 /独狼 (dúláng) — criminal who acts alone
- Finnish: yksinäinen susi — criminal who acts alone
- French: loup solitaire — criminal who acts alone
- Japanese: 一匹狼 (ippiki ōkami) — criminal who acts alone
- Japanese: ローンウルフ (rōn urufu) — criminal who acts alone
- Japanese: ローンオフェンダー (rōn ofendā) — criminal who acts alone
- Polish: samotny wilk — criminal who acts alone
- Portuguese: rato solitário — criminal who acts alone
- Portuguese: ratos solitários — criminal who acts alone
- Portuguese: lobo solitário — criminal who acts alone
- Spanish: lobo solitario — criminal who acts alone