outcast

out·cast

noun \ˈau̇t-ˌkast\

Definition of OUTCAST

1

: one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah

2

[Scots cast out to quarrel] Scottish : quarrel

— outcast adjective

Examples of OUTCAST

1. She felt like a social outcast.
2. <the professor is something of an outcast in the halls of academe now that his former support of a dictatorial regime has become public>

First Known Use of OUTCAST

14th century

Related to OUTCAST

Synonyms: castaway, castoff, leper, offscouring, pariah, reject

Related Words: untouchable; outsider; deportee, exile

Near Antonyms: insider

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Rhymes with OUTCAST

aghast, at last, avast, bedfast, Belfast, bombast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, fantast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcaste, precast, recast, repast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast, windblast