outsider
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who is not part of a particular community, profession, organization etc.; a person coming from elsewhere, having no special knowledge.
noun
Someone who does not fit into conventional society; a misfit; an iconoclast.
noun
A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.
noun
The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.
Example Sentences
- "While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders."
- "I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out."
- "Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright."
- "I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything."
- "We are the only outsiders here, granted exclusive access and a private tour as the first major US news organization allowed inside Cecot late last month."
- "Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English outsider From outside + -er.