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/
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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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Antonyms: none provided
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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Meaning relationships
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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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