as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society
the professor is something of an outcast in the halls of academe now that his former support of a dictatorial regime has become public
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Recent Examples of outcast
Without his mother’s overbearing glare, Ed becomes romantically involved with Adeline Watkins (Suzanna Son), an intriguing outcast in town, and begins indulging in a spree of gruesome crimes that would later shock the nation.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
The 2000 coming-of-age comedy starred Patrick Fugit as a high school outcast in 1973 who gets chosen to write a Rolling Stone profile for an up-and-coming rock band called Stillwater.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
When the development quickly becomes public, Mary becomes an outcast, even being asked, only reasonably politely, to leave a societal affair before royalty arrives.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Sam’s science fiction action adventure spotlights life on the margins if also on the fringes of deep space, its two main characters a pair of well-meaning outcasts outrunning the law.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
The 2000 coming-of-age comedy starred Patrick Fugit as a high school outcast in 1973 who gets chosen to write a Rolling Stone profile for an up-and-coming rock band called Stillwater.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
When the development quickly becomes public, Mary becomes an outcast, even being asked, only reasonably politely, to leave a societal affair before royalty arrives.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Sam’s science fiction action adventure spotlights life on the margins if also on the fringes of deep space, its two main characters a pair of well-meaning outcasts outrunning the law.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcast
Noun
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the saying goes, nobody wants to sit at the reject table.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was still a pariah state, recognized only by Turkey; Nicosia was still Europe’s last divided capital.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Daryl hit the road this week on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, befriending a community of lepers before taking a ride on the rails, zombie apocalypse-style.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
5 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, at least five expeditions to the island and the surrounding waters since 2010 have failed to find definitive proof that Earhart and Noonan were castaways.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Previous castaways that will play (again) in the 50th season have been announced via CBS's Instagram.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The series, based on novels by Mick Herron, follows a band of castoffs from the British national security service who are relegated to a ramshackle office building, with Lamb at its head.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Yet Lemaire, his coaching staff and a bunch of expansion castoffs competed valiantly, and in 2003, just the third year of the franchise, rallied from a pair of 3-1 series deficits to shock the hockey world and advance to the Western Conference final.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Outcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcast. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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