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
McGregor first announced his interest in running for president of Ireland after meeting with President Donald Trump on St. Patrick's Day, though the fighter has suggested the country's nomination process is stacked against outsiders like himself.
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Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
For outsiders, the raucous atmosphere at Chavez Ravine acted as a beacon.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Once alerted, its operators react badly to discovering two outsiders sniffing around.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
They had long been made to feel like outsiders in their own faith.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
For outsiders, the raucous atmosphere at Chavez Ravine acted as a beacon.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Once alerted, its operators react badly to discovering two outsiders sniffing around.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
They had long been made to feel like outsiders in their own faith.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsider
Noun
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John Carroll Lynch co-stars as a stranger who helps Agnes out in the worst of times.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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Nine new strangers are invited by Masha to take part in a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Athletic were founded in 1898 and originally played with foreigners after British workers and Basque students who had lived there brought football to Bilbao.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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For a country with more than thirty trillion dollars in outstanding government debt, about eight trillion of which is owned by foreigners, the spectre of a weakened Treasury bond market is alarming.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Outsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsider. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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