outsider

Plural: outsiders

Noun

• A person not belonging to a particular group, place, or category.
• someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
• a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win
• One who is not part of a community or organization.
• A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.
• A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.
• The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.

Examples

• Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.
• Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders?
• The new player, initially an OUTSIDER, quickly proved to be a formidable Scrabble competitor.
• While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

Synonyms

foreigner, FOB, Johnny Raw, Johnny-come-lately, Paradesi, abject, alien, barbarian, blow-in, castaway, come-here, comeling, dark horse, deviant, entrant, exile, firangi, foreign, fremd, fremdling, fresh meat, freshie, furriner, gaijin, greener, incomer, leper, little guy, long shot, metœcus, misfit, new chum, newbie, newcomer, newling, non-resident, noninhabitant, nonlocal, nonnational, nonresident, offcomer, offscouring, outcast, outcomeling, outener, outlander, outsider, overcast, pariah, peregrine, reject, strangeling, stranger, uitlander, underdog, untouchable

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