mavericknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmæv.ər.ɪk/us/ˈmæv.ɚ.ɪk/a person who thinks and acts in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected or usual way:
a political maverick
He was considered as something of a maverick in the publishing world.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Freedom to act
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- free hand
- free rein idiom
- free spirit
- free time
- free-form
- hold
- independent
- indie
- liberty
- me time
- no holds barred idiom
- no holds barred
- paddle your own canoe idiom
- permissive
- volunteer
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