US /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/
noun Freq #9931

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Someone who does not belong to a particular group, community, or organization.

    As a new employee, she still felt like an outsider at the company.

  2. 2
    noun

    A competitor or contestant who is not expected to win.

    He was a complete outsider, but he won the race anyway.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · someone who does not belong... alienforeignerstranger
2 noun · a competitor or contestant... dark horselong shotunderdog
Word family
Forms outsiders
Derived forms outsiderdomoutsiderhoodoutsiderishoutsiderismoutsiderlyoutsiderness
Related forms outsiders

Etymology

From outside + -er.

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