Maverick

//ˈmævəɹɪk//

Synonyms for "maverick" (166 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (49)

Related words (83)

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Translations

109 translations across 23 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • вироглав adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • своенравен adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Catalan

1 entries
  • individualista adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 特立獨行 /特立独行 adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Czech

4 entries
  • individualistický adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • nekonformní adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • nepřizpůsobivý adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • nezapadající adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Dutch

3 entries
  • eigenwijs adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • individualist noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • nonconformist noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Estonian

3 entries
  • individualist adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • isemõtleja adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • isemõtleja individualist noun (unbranded range animal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • itsenäinen adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • riippumaton adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • kapinallinen noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • merkitsemätön eläin noun (unbranded range animal)

French

4 entries
  • individualiste adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • anticonformiste noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • dissident noun (one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices)
  • excentrique noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დამოუკიდებელი adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • თავისუფალი adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • ინდივიდუალი adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • ინდივიდუალური adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

German

4 entries
  • eigenwillig adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • individualistisch adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • Individualist noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • Nonkonformist noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गैर पारंपरिक adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • független adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • individualista adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Italian

4 entries
  • brado adj (of cattle: unbranded)
  • individualista adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • anticonformista noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • anticonformista noun (one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices)

Khmer

2 entries
  • អ្នកបដិលោមនិយម noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • អ្នកឯកត្តនិយម noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • индивидуа́лен adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • сво́еглав adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • свое́волен adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • дисиде́нт noun (one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices)

Polish

2 entries
  • indywidualista noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • wolny duch noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • independente adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • rebelde adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • dissidente noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)
  • excêntrica noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Romanian

1 entries
  • individualist adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Russian

4 entries
  • инакомы́слящий adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • свободомы́слящий adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • вольноду́мец noun (one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices)
  • диссиде́нт noun (one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • svojèglav adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • својѐглав adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Spanish

4 entries
  • disidente adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • independiente adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • orejano adj (of cattle: unbranded)
  • rebelde adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Swedish

4 entries
  • enstöring adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • vagabond adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • vilde adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • enstöring noun (one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules)

Turkish

2 entries
  • başına buyruk adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)
  • bireyselci adj (showing independence in thoughts or actions)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom's callsign is Maverick.

Source: tatoeba (1452774)

Senator Jackson carefully cultivates the image of a maverick, but he toes the party line more often than not.

Source: tatoeba (9859605)

He has a maverick disregard for protocol.

Source: tatoeba (10104687)

They have a maverick disregard for fashion.

Source: tatoeba (10104688)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.