quixote

noun

Definition of quixotenext
as in maverick

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixote
  1. maverick
  2. screwball
  3. nonconformist
  4. eccentric
  5. loon
  6. kook
  7. codger
  8. crackpot
Noun
  • This fall, Drexler’s wild, maverick sensibility is cropping up all over New York.
    — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The two were photographed together backstage at Nelson’s Fourth of July concert this year, and the country maverick features in a new Talarico online campaign video.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of maverick
Noun
  • Ultron is the Oscar to Vision’s Felix, and their odd-couple bickering is the one truly pleasurable aspect of VisionQuest — Spader can do this kind of side-of-the-mouth snark in his sleep, and Bettany solidly lobs back the screwballs he gets served.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The 1980 screwball comedy, written by Patricia Resnick and Colin Higgins and directed by the latter, also stars Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, and Sterling Hayden.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of screwball
Noun
  • The phrase suggests outsider, nonconformist — things in fashion this year.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
  • At least Guillén still speaks his mind on the Sox’s pre- and postgame shows, so maybe there’s hope for nonconformists after all.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of nonconformist
Noun
  • Janney’s Silda, the wisecracking eccentric with an ax to grind, is the live wire of the company.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The public reckonings with these figures’ legacies—the troubled former child star gone too soon, the beloved icon, the cult favorite, the complicated eccentric—have come in a cascade.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of eccentric
Noun
  • These feathers belonged to a hesperornithiform, an ancient flightless bird that dived for fish much like a modern loon.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Whistles, which residents used to alert neighbors to the presence of ICE agents, and images of the rebel loon were also on display.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of loon
Noun
  • Halaena can tell that something’s up with mummy, but that kook’s never been too concerned with matters of court.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • After Kent’s resignation, Republican hawks denounced him as a kook and a traitor to the cause, without touching on the delicate question of why Trump appointed such a disreputable figure in the first place.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of kook
Noun
  • But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
  • My job was to conceptualize and oversee a luncheon for fifty of these luminaries—with the help of a woozy codger standing in front of me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of codger
Noun
  • Musk, as the documentary makes clear, is a genuine if flawed technocratic visionary, a messianic opportunist, and something of a crackpot.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Get the angst out of the games, and the crackpots will move on to some other fashionable cause.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
Definition of crackpot
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“Quixote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixote. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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