Synonyms for underdog
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Noun
1. Outsider — A competitor thought unlikely to win
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Definitions
- n. 1
A competitor thought unlikely to win.
They were the underdogs in the basketball competition.
Related words
- Word family
- underdoggish underdoggy
Forms
- Plural
- underdogs → outsiders…
Example sentences
- outsider Growing up, I often felt like an outsider at home.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| underdog | rising | |
| outsider | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- outsider3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (outsider3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- outsider