as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
she seems to enjoy the odd distinction of being the only outsider in such a small community
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Recent Examples of outsider
As the Chinese men shoot the breeze and play cards, a mob of armed white miners gathers over the hill and encroaches on the unsuspecting outsiders.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Even so, the island drew outsiders seeking to save souls or make their fortune.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Iran is a country with a long memory of foreign interference and a deep cultural aversion to outsiders determining their fate.
—Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
The main cast is a bit too Hollywood to complement the movie’s outsider spirit (even if Wilde and Hoffman are fully on board with the Araki of it all), and — Wonders notwithstanding — the supporting players aren’t given much of a chance to compensate for that.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Even so, the island drew outsiders seeking to save souls or make their fortune.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Iran is a country with a long memory of foreign interference and a deep cultural aversion to outsiders determining their fate.
—Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
The main cast is a bit too Hollywood to complement the movie’s outsider spirit (even if Wilde and Hoffman are fully on board with the Araki of it all), and — Wonders notwithstanding — the supporting players aren’t given much of a chance to compensate for that.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsider
Noun
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Who is the dancer playing the stranger?—
Rebecca Milzoff,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
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Apatow tells Stephen Colbert and a few others that to test out new material, Bamford invited strangers to sit across a table from her at a café and listen to her work her material.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Zaremba, who immigrated to Sweden from Poland as a teen-ager, in 1969, noted that those who had grown up in Sweden couldn’t see the value of such a project to foreigners.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Camp officials told The New Humanitarian news site in November that al-Hol's population was currently about 26,000 people — including about 6,000 foreigners from around 60 countries, excluding Iraq.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Outsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsider. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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