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outlier

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/
  • Canada: /ˈʌʊtˌlaɪɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AW1 T L AY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An exception.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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5

noun

Meaning 5

an extreme deviation from the mean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: deviation

6

noun

Meaning 6

a person who lives away from his place of work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: resident, occupant, occupier

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English outlie Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English outlier From outlie + -er.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: buitenbeentje — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Dutch: alleenstaande — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Finnish: erillään oleva — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Finnish: ulkopuolinen — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • French: cas isolé — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • French: exception — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • German: Ausreißer — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • German: Sonderfall — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Italian: eccezione — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Italian: anomalia — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Portuguese: extravagante — a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place
  • Azerbaijani: qalıq — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Catalan: tossal testimoni — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Catalan: tossal residual — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Dutch: uitloper — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Finnish: eroosion erottama osa — part of formation separate from the rest
  • French: lambeau m d'érosion — part of formation separate from the rest
  • French: butte-témoin — part of formation separate from the rest
  • German: Zeugenberg — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Polish: ostaniec — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Russian: остане́ц (ostanéc) — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Spanish: cerro testigo — part of formation separate from the rest
  • Dutch: uitbijter — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Finnish: poikkeava arvo — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Finnish: poikkeama — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Finnish: poikkeus — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Finnish: äärihavainto — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • French: valeur f anormale — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • French: donnée aberrante — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • French: extrême — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • German: Ausreißer — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Indonesian: pencilan — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Lithuanian: išskirtis — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utligger — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utliggjar — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: utliggar — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Russian: вы́брос (výbros) — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Spanish: anomalía — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Spanish: irregularidad — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Spanish: anormalidad — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Spanish: rareza — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Spanish: caso aparte — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Spanish: valor atípico — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Swedish: utliggare — value outside pattern in a statistical sample
  • Thai: ค่าผิดปกติ — value outside pattern in a statistical sample