outside of

preposition

1

: outside

lived outside of the city

2

: aside from

Outside of the players, no one was allowed in the locker room.

Synonyms of outside of

• except
• beside
• besides
• other than
• but
• except for

Examples of outside of in a Sentence

outside of that project you don't like, I don't think you have many choices

budget cuts will result in some teachers teaching courses outside of their primary areas of expertise

Recent Examples on the Web

This is Hoshinoya's first property outside of Japan, and the rooms are larger while the room count is smaller (30 villas total) than most of their properties. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

Only 7% of the agency’s nearly $60 million budget is made up from grants outside of the city’s budget. — Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

The imaging of these forming exoplanets (or extrasolar planets, worlds outside of our solar system), comes courtesy of the 66 radio antennas that comprise the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA). — Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Officers then responded to the incident in Canton, just outside of Detroit, and secured the weapon, according to Canton police. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for outside of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove

Kids Definition

outside of

preposition

1

: outside entry 4 sense 2

2

: except for

outside of her brother she is alone in the house