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a person who has no place in their society or in a particular group, because the society or group refuses to accept them: She has spent her life trying to help the homeless and other social outcasts. She was a political outcast after the Party expelled her in 1982. Synonym. pariah. Compare. castaway. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society: In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons. Synonyms: pariah, leper, expatriate, refugee, exile. rejected matter; refuse. adjective. cast out, as from one's home or society: an outcast son. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast:
An outcast is someone who isn't wanted. To remember what outcast means, flip it around: outcasts have been cast out from somewhere. No one wants to be an outcast: such people are rejected by their peers.
Check pronunciation: outcast. Definition of outcast noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the noun outcast mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun outcast, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. outcast has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. architecture (late 1500s) animals (late 1600s) weaponry (late 1600s)
noun. /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ /ˈaʊtkæst/ a person who is not accepted by society or by a particular group. People with the disease were often treated as social outcasts. Her criminal past made her an outcast. outcast from something an outcast from society. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
5 days ago · noun. 1. a person who is rejected or excluded from a social group. 2. a vagabond or wanderer. 3. anything thrown out or rejected. adjective. 4. rejected, abandoned, or discarded; cast out. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. outcast in American English. (ˈaʊtˌkæst ) adjective. 1. driven out; rejected.
