adj · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈaʊtkɑːst/
General-American:/ˈaʊtkæst/
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rhymes with -aʊtkɑːst
rhymes with -ɑːst
rhymes with -aʊtkæst
rhymes with -æst
homophone: outcaste
CMU ARPABET:AW1 T K AE2 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outsider
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A quarrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To cast out; to banish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
excluded from a society
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: friendless
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: castaway, pariah, Ishmael
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfortunate, unfortunate person
Narrower terms: heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast, leper, untouchable, Harijan
History
Etymology
From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.
From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
verstoteling
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Arabic:
مَنْبُوذ
(manbūḏ)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Arabic:
مَنْبُوذَة
(manbūḏa)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Belarusian:
па́рыя
(páryja)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Belarusian:
ізго́й
(izhój)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Bulgarian:
изгна́ник
(izgnánik)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Bulgarian:
изгна́ница
(izgnánica)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Bulgarian:
па́рий
(párij)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Catalan:
pària
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Catalan:
marginat
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Catalan:
marginada
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Catalan:
proscrit
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Catalan:
proscrita
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Chinese Mandarin:
被放逐者
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Chinese Mandarin:
賤民 /贱民
(jiànmín)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Czech:
vyvrhel
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Czech:
vyděděnec
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Danish:
udstødt
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Danish:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Dutch:
buitenbeentje
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Dutch:
uitgestotene
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Dutch:
verschoppeling
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Dutch:
verstoteling
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Esperanto:
elpelito
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Estonian:
paaria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Finnish:
hylkiö
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Finnish:
paaria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Finnish:
hyljeksitty henkilö
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
French:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
French:
proscrit
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
French:
proscrite
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Galician:
intocable
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Galician:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Unberührbarer
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Aussätziger
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Außenseiter
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Außenseiterin
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Ausgestoßener
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Ausgestoßene
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Ausgestossener
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Ausgestossene
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Ausgeschlossener
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Outcast
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
German:
Geächteter
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Ancient Greek:
κάθαρμα
(kátharma)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Greenlandic:
hingitaq
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Hausa:
zā̀rē
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Hungarian:
száműzött
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Ido:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Indonesian:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Irish:
díbeartach
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Italian:
emarginato
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Italian:
emarginata
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Italian:
reietto
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Italian:
reietta
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Italian:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Japanese:
のけ者
(nokemono)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Macedonian:
отпадник
(otpadnik)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Māori:
paruranga
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Māori:
whakahoenga
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Navajo:
doo yildiní
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Ngarrindjeri:
pulpulumi
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Persian:
پاریا
(pâriyâ)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Polish:
wyrzutek
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Polish:
parias
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Polish:
trędowaty
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Portuguese:
deslocado
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Portuguese:
deslocada
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Portuguese:
excluído
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Portuguese:
excluída
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Portuguese:
pária
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Romanian:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Romanian:
proscris
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Romanian:
expulzat
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Romanian:
expulzată
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
изго́й
(izgój)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
изгна́нник
(izgnánnik)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
изгна́нница
(izgnánnica)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
отве́рженный
(otvéržennyj)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
отве́рженная
(otvéržennaja)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
неприкаса́емый
(neprikasájemyj)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
неприкаса́емая
(neprikasájemaja)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Russian:
па́рия
(párija)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Scottish Gaelic:
dìobarach
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Spanish:
apestado
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Spanish:
proscrito
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Spanish:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Spanish:
marginado
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Spanish:
leproso
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Swedish:
utstött
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Swedish:
paria
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Tocharian B:
caṇḍāle
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Turkish:
dışlanmış
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Turkish:
soyutlandırılmış
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Turkish:
itilmiş
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Ukrainian:
па́рія
(párija)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Ukrainian:
ізго́й
(izhój)
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Uzbek:
yurgʻusiz
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Uzbek:
yuruqsiz
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Welsh:
crwydriad
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper
Welsh:
crwydriadiaid
— someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper