Standard Lemma guide

outsider

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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  • /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who is not part of a community or organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outlier, stranger, alien, barbarian, firangi, foreign, foreigner, fremd, fremdling, furriner, gaijin, metœcus, nonlocal, noninhabitant, nonnational, nonresident, non-resident, outcomeling, outener, outlander, outsider, Paradesi, peregrine, strangeling, uitlander, abject, castaway, deviant, exile, leper, misfit, offscouring, outcast, overcast, pariah, reject, untouchable

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blow-in, come-here, comeling, entrant, FOB, fresh meat, freshie, greener, incomer, Johnny-come-lately, Johnny Raw, new chum, newcomer, newbie, newling, offcomer, outcomeling, stranger

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dark horse, little guy, long shot, underdog

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foreigner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stranger, alien, unknown

Narrower terms: transalpine

6

noun

Meaning 6

a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contestant

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside 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 outsider From outside + -er.

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: arrotz — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Basque: kanpotar — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Belarusian: аўтса́йдэр (awtsájder) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Belarusian: старо́нні (starónni) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Belarusian: чужы́ (čužý) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Belarusian: чужа́к (čužák) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Belarusian: чужы́нец (čužýnjec) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Belarusian: чужані́ца (čužaníca) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外人 (wàirén) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Chinese Mandarin: 局外人 (júwàirén) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Czech: outsider — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Czech: outsiderka — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Dutch: buitenstaander — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Dutch: outsider — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Esperanto: eksterulo — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Finnish: ulkopuolinen — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Finnish: vieras — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Finnish: muukalainen — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • French: exclu — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • French: tiers — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Georgian: გარეშე (gareše) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Georgian: გარეშე პირი (gareše ṗiri) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Georgian: აუტსაიდერი (auṭsaideri) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • German: Außenseiter — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • German: Außenseiterin — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Hindi: बाहरी (bāhrī) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Hindi: ग़ैर (ġair) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Hindi: पराया (parāyā) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Hindi: बेगाना (begānā) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Hungarian: kívülálló — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Indonesian: orang luar — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Ingrian: vellain — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Irish: coimhthíoch — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Italian: estraneo — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Japanese: アウトサイダー (autosaidā) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Japanese: 部外者 (bugaisha) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Japanese: 局外者 (kyokugaisha) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Kazakh: аутсайдер (autsaider) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Korean: 외부인 (oebu'in) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Korean: 아웃사이더 (autsaideo) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Latin: externus — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Latin: extraneus — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Macedonian: ту́ѓинец (túǵinec) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Māori: tauiwi — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Māori: rāwaho — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Navajo: déʼéyóní — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Polish: outsider — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Polish: outsiderka — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Portuguese: marginal — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Portuguese: forasteiro — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Romanian: outsider — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Russian: аутса́йдер (autsájdɛr) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Russian: посторо́нний (postorónnij) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Russian: чужа́к (čužák) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Russian: чужо́й (čužój) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: аутса̀јдер — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Serbo-Croatian: autsàjder — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Slovak: outsider — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Slovak: outsiderka — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Spanish: marginado — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Spanish: persona de fuera — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Spanish: outsider — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Spanish: afuerino — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Spanish: afuereño — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Spanish: fuereño — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Swedish: utomstående — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Swedish: särling — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Turkish: dışlanan — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Turkish: hariç tutulan — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Ukrainian: аутса́йдер (autsájder) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Ukrainian: сторо́нній (storónnij) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Ukrainian: чужи́й (čužýj) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Ukrainian: чужи́нець (čužýnecʹ) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Ukrainian: чужа́к (čužák) — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Vietnamese: người ngoài — one who is not part of a community or organization
  • Esperanto: novulo — newcomer
  • Finnish: tulokas — newcomer
  • French: nouveau venu — newcomer
  • French: étranger — newcomer
  • French: inconnu — newcomer
  • German: Neuling — newcomer
  • German: Anfänger — newcomer
  • Macedonian: ново́дојден (novódojden) — newcomer
  • Macedonian: новодо́јденец (novodójdenec) — newcomer
  • Russian: новичо́к (novičók) — newcomer
  • Russian: прише́лец (prišélec) — newcomer
  • Russian: незнако́мец (neznakómec) — newcomer
  • Russian: незнако́мка (neznakómka) — newcomer
  • Spanish: lego — newcomer
  • Spanish: novato — newcomer
  • Spanish: principiante — newcomer
  • Turkish: yeni gelen — newcomer
  • Bulgarian: аутсайдер (autsajder) — a long shot
  • Czech: outsider — a long shot
  • Finnish: musta hevonen — a long shot
  • French: outsider — a long shot
  • German: Außenseiter — a long shot
  • German: Außenseiterin — a long shot
  • Greek: αουτσάιντερ (aoutsáinter) — a long shot
  • Macedonian: аутса́јдер (autsájder) — a long shot
  • Polish: outsider — a long shot
  • Spanish: outsider — a long shot