Thesaurus:outcast

Thesaurus

outcast

English

Noun

Sense: a person excluded from a society

Synonyms

• abject
• castaway
• deviant
• exile
• fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal)
• leper (figuratively)
• misfit
• offscouring (figuratively)
• outcast
• outsider
• overcast (obsolete)
• pariah
• reject (derogatory, slang)
• untouchable (figurative)

Hyponyms

• beggar    [⇒ thesaurus]
• Dalit (India)
• outcaste (India)
• scapegoat    [⇒ thesaurus]
• untouchable (India)

Hypernyms

• anomaly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• foreigner    [⇒ thesaurus]
• maverick    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strange person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vagabond    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vagrant

Various

• alien
• stranger

See also

• misanthropist
• odd one out
• Thesaurus:dork
• Thesaurus:recluse
• Appendix:English terms for outsiders

Further reading

• “893. seclusion, exclusion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “outcast” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.