Synonyms of misfit

misfit

noun

as in maverick

a person who is different from other people and who does not seem to belong in a particular group or situation

a comic book about a social misfit who discovers his superpower

Related Words

• maverick
• bohemian
• outsider
• freak
• anomaly
• loner
• eccentric
• deviant
• nonconformist
• individualist
• iconoclast
• eight ball
• free spirit
• enfant terrible
• heretic
• weirdo
• oddball
• lone wolf
• freethinker
• lone ranger
• crackpot
• boho
• nonconformer
• kook
• screwball
• counterculturist
• codger
• character
• nut
• crank
• aberrant
• crackbrain

Dissimilar Words

• adherent
• sheep
• supporter
• follower
• conformist
• conformer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misfit

Here, misfits are welcome, and bric-a-brac is part of the appeal; the wonderfully bizarre name and devil-may-care attitude have been confusing (and delighting) first-timers for more than 70 years. — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026

These political misfits have found entry to the Big Time through the Democratic Socialists of America. — Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

For her role as the leader of the misfit group, Blanchett rocked a shaggy brown lob that stretched down past her shoulders, and a set of choppy micro-bangs held in place by a single bobby pin. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026

Hickey is the charismatic traveling salesman who preaches a distorted vision of salvation to the social misfits and leftist radicals in a dive bar in lower Manhattan, modeled on the denizens of a favorite O’Neill hangout. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026