Usually means: Individual acting independently of others.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word lone wolf:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. lone wolf: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lone-wolf, lone wolf: Merriam-Webster
  3. lone wolf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lone wolf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lone wolf: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lone wolf: Vocabulary.com
  7. lone-wolf: Wordnik
  8. lone wolf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lone wolf: Wiktionary
  10. lone wolf: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. lone wolf: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. lone wolf: Dictionary.com
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  14. lone wolf: Rhymezone
  15. lone wolf: FreeDictionary.org
  16. lone wolf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. lone wolf: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lone Wolf: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lone wolf, lone wolf: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Lone Wolf)

▸ noun:  A wolf that is not part of a pack.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group.
▸ noun:  A town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.

Similar:
lone wolfer, lone-wolfing, wolflessness, loner, Lone Scout, lonesomeness, onesome, individual, aloner, lone rangering, more...

Opposite:
team player, social butterfly, extrovert, collaborator

Types:
terrorist, murderer, assassin, thief, vigilante, outlaw, more...

Phrases:
Lone Wolf and Cub, Lone Wolf McQuade, Lone wolf attack, more...

Adjectives:
lupine, wolven, wolvish, vixenish, wolfy, wolfish, feline, vulpine, vixenly, woodsy, minky

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Similar:
lone wolfer, lone-wolfing, wolflessness, loner, Lone Scout, lonesomeness, onesome, individual, aloner, lone rangering, more...

Opposite:
team player, social butterfly, extrovert, collaborator

Types:
terrorist, murderer, assassin, thief, vigilante, outlaw, more...

Phrases:
Lone Wolf and Cub, Lone Wolf McQuade, Lone wolf attack, more...

Adjectives:
lupine, wolven, wolvish, vixenish, wolfy, wolfish, feline, vulpine, vixenly, woodsy, minky



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