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- [out-sahy-der]
- /ˌaʊtˈsaɪ dər/
- /ˌaʊtˈsaɪ.dər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [out-sahy-der]
- /ˌaʊtˈsaɪ dər/
Definitions of outsider word
- noun outsider a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider. 1
- noun outsider a person unconnected or unacquainted with the matter in question: Not being a parent, I was regarded as an outsider. 1
- noun outsider a racehorse, sports team, or other competitor not considered likely to win or succeed. 1
- noun outsider a person or thing not within an enclosure, boundary, etc. 1
- noun outsider A person who does not belong to a particular group. 1
- noun outsider person: not part of community 1
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Origin of outsider
First appearance:
before 1790 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1790-1800; outside + -er1
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Parts of speech for Outsider
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
outsider popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
outsider usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for outsider
noun outsider
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- interloper — a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
- outcast — a falling out; quarrel.
Antonyms for outsider
noun outsider
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- local — low-cal.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- insider — a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
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