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outcast

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of outcast

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
Synonyms of outcast

castaway, castoff, leper, offscouring, pariah, reject
Words Related to outcast

untouchable

outsider

deportee, exile
Near Antonyms of outcast

insider

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