Synonyms of outlander

outlander

noun

ˈau̇t-ˌlan-dər 

as in stranger

a person who is not native to or known to a community

although we have lived in the village for years, to the natives whose families have been here for generations, we are still outlanders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stranger
• foreigner
• alien
• outsider
• nonnative
• wanderer
• outcast
• nonresident
• drifter
• transient
• pariah

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friend
• familiar
• native
• buddy
• intimate
• acquaintance
• pal
• comrade
• chum
• companion
• fellow
• confidant
• partner
• colleague
• mate
• peer
• associate
• cohort
• resident
• citizen
• inhabitant
• hearty
• crony
• habitant
• hobnobber

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outlander

The essay is so classically a New York story, a journal entry about an outlander’s temporary harmonic alignment with a place that most Americans only recognize from their televisions. — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021

Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by choice, linked by love to her only anchor—Jamie Fraser. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Jan. 2019