Synonyms of pariahs

pariahs

noun

plural of pariah

as in outcasts

one who is cast out or rejected by society

I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• outcasts
• lepers
• rejects
• exiles
• castaways
• outsiders
• castoffs
• untouchables
• offscourings
• deportees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insiders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pariahs

Attorneys representing Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour say despite cooperating with investigators, their clients have effectively become pariahs in their hometown and have been subjected to death threats and defamation. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026

Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs. — Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026

Few if any of the originators attend now that the Santas are less social pariahs and law breakers and more fraternity brothers and junior bankers. — Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025

This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs. — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs. — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025

The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025