Synonyms for outsider
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Foreigner — someone who is not part of a particular community, profession, organization etc.; a person coming from…
foreigner, outcast, pariah, stranger, alien, untouchable, outlier, exile, non-resident, outlander, barbarian, nonresident, uitlander ZA
2. Underdog — A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who is not part of a particular community, profession, organization etc.; a person coming from elsewhere, having no special knowledge.
While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.
- n. 2
A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.
Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.
Related words
- Word family
- outsiderdom outsiderhood outsiderness
- Phrases
- rank outsider
Forms
- Plural
- outsiders → foreigners, outcasts, pariahs, strangers…
Example sentences
- stranger The girl that came yesterday was a stranger to me.
- foreigner It is difficult for a foreigner to study Japanese.
- outcast I felt like an outcast among those people.
- pariah Putin will be a pariah on the international stage.
- underdog I wonder why it feels good when the underdog wins.
By length
- 4 letters
- boot1, heel1
- 5 letters
- alien3, exile2
- 6 letters
- pariah3
- 7 letters
- outcast2, outlier3
- 8 letters
- stranger2, underdog3, exoteric
- 9 letters
- foreigner3, barbarian4, outlander, uitlander
- 11 letters
- untouchable4, uninitiated6, nonresident4, noninitiate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alien3 = 3 syllables).