MISFIT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

misfit

noun

Definition of misfit

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

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Recent Examples of misfit Mecha Man, who is at the center of a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Gary Oldman leads the misfit crew as the clever-yet-cranky Jackson Lamb. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026 Carrie in King’s novel and De Palma’s film is a flinching, socially inept, mousey misfit. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Carrie follows misfit high‑schooler Carrie White (Howell) after having spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misfit

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Noun

Much of the money came from indie maverick Mark Duplass, who challenged the producers and writer/director Elliott Tuttle to make a film on that shoestring budget.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
This fall, Drexler’s wild, maverick sensibility is cropping up all over New York.

— Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of maverick

Noun

This heartachingly lived-in quality runs throughout Unfindable Ring—an eclectic testament to the trials and joys of life as a career outsider.

— Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 13 Nov. 2026
With so many points on offer this week, a win would come with a huge reward for any outsider like Luiten.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of outsider

Noun

Her one big acquisition, a pair of Chanel earrings, was an anomaly.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
Its planet-hopping space disaster narrative sees the crew of the starship Wild Blue Yonder hit a quantum anomaly, forcing their ship to crash-land onto a deadly exoplanet.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of anomaly

Noun

Fielder often plays the loner, the outsider; his struggle to find romantic love is a common theme in his early work.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
This formation process also means that brown dwarfs are cosmic loners, wandering the darkness of space alone, bereft of the light of a parent star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of loner

Noun

The immature eccentric initially has no plans to head back to the States, until Christy convinces him to stand tall and fight.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2026
Step inside, though, and you’re transported to a bucolic Britain of rolling hills and village greens, bumbling eccentrics and cute, clever farm animals.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

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