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
Truman had been shunted off to relatives and marked as an outsider from the beginning.
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Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Leave it to an outsider to notice what insiders take for granted.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 11 Jan. 2026
In Brazil, Kim is an outsider who is neither white nor Indigenous but a third category.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
The conquistadors were the first in a long line of outsiders lured by Amazonia’s natural riches.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Leave it to an outsider to notice what insiders take for granted.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 11 Jan. 2026
In Brazil, Kim is an outsider who is neither white nor Indigenous but a third category.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
The conquistadors were the first in a long line of outsiders lured by Amazonia’s natural riches.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for outsider
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsider
Noun
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For the white men, the experience of prison was the veil that now concealed them, rendering them strangers and exiles from the world outside.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Messages poured in from strangers who recognized their own grief in Maggie’s behavior.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Alfredo Romero, the group’s president, said the process remains under verification amid additional reports of releases involving both Venezuelans and foreigners.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Overall, foreigners at all levels of study numbered 34,498, a decrease of 499.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Outsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsider. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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