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outsider - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | outsider |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is foreign to something |
| Synonyms: | alien, foreigner, interloper, intruder, newcomer, refugee, stranger, floater, incomer, odd one out, outlander |
| Antonyms: | insider |
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foreign being |
| Synonyms: | foreigner, greenhorn*, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, invader, migrant, newcomer, outsider, refugee, settler, squatter, stranger, visitor, blow in*, floater, incomer, noncitizen, weed* |
| Antonyms: | citizen, national, native, settler, countryman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foreigner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from another country |
| Synonyms: | alien, greenhorn*, immigrant, newcomer, outsider, stranger, fresh off the boat, incomer, outlander |
| Antonyms: | citizen, local, national, native |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immigrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from a foreign land |
| Synonyms: | alien, colonist, foreigner, migrant, newcomer, outsider, pioneer, settler, adoptive citizen, documented alien, incomer, naturalized citizen, undocumented alien |
| Notes: | an emigrant is someone who leaves one country to settle in another while an immigrant is someone who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | layperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur person, not trained in religious or other profession |
| Synonyms: | believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, proselyte, recruit, secular, parishioner |
| Antonyms: | minister, ordained, priest, professional, reverend |
| Main Entry: | loner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recluse |
| Synonyms: | hermit, introvert, lone wolf*, outsider, solitary, anomic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misfit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonconformist |
| Synonyms: | beatnik*, bohemian*, dissenter, dissident, dropout, eccentric, fish out of water*, freak*, individualist, lone wolf, loser, oddball, offbeat, outsider, weirdo*, different breed, odd man out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | newcomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has just arrived in area |
| Synonyms: | alien, arrival, beginner, colt*, foreigner, greenhorn*, immigrant, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block*, novice, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot*, Johnny-come-lately, blow-in, incomer, late arrival, latecomer, novitiate |
| Antonyms: | native, old hack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif, deportee |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stranger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | alien, drifter, foreigner, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, migrant, newcomer, outsider, squatter, transient, unknown, visitor, wanderer, foreign body, incomer, itinerant person, migratory worker, new arrival, out-of-stater, outcomer, outlander, party crasher, perfect stranger, uninvited person, unknown person |
| Antonyms: | acquaintance, friend, local, native |
| Main Entry: | layman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amateur |
| Synonyms: | believer, dilettante, follower, laic, member, neophyte, nonprofessional, novice, outsider, proselyte, recruit, secular, lay person, parishioner |
| Antonyms: | professional |
| Main Entry: | lone wolf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who avoids other |
| Synonyms: | hermit, independent, individualist, loner, nonconformist, outsider, pariah, solitary, lone hand, odd man out, rogue elephant, separatist |
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