as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society
the professor is something of an outcast in the halls of academe now that his former support of a dictatorial regime has become public
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Recent Examples of outcast
Narrator Ryan Reynolds celebrates nature's outcasts in the new NatGeo docuseries Underdogs.
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ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
In the 2004 film, Lohan, now 38, starred as Cady Heron, a transfer student from Africa living in the suburbs of Illinois as her new high school’s social outcast.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 June 2025
Now, former general manager Jim Bowden is the latest to link Red Sox outcast Jarren Duran to the Padres.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Djed Spence Age: 24 Contact expires: 2028 In the space of a year, Spence has gone from an outcast and saleable asset to an important member of the squad.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for outcast
ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
In the 2004 film, Lohan, now 38, starred as Cady Heron, a transfer student from Africa living in the suburbs of Illinois as her new high school’s social outcast.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 June 2025
Now, former general manager Jim Bowden is the latest to link Red Sox outcast Jarren Duran to the Padres.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Djed Spence Age: 24 Contact expires: 2028 In the space of a year, Spence has gone from an outcast and saleable asset to an important member of the squad.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for outcast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcast
Noun
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Dickinson gives us nonjudgmental access to the day-to-day existence of one among any number of unhoused addicts, while Dillane presents Mike with all the prickly edges of a societal reject.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Biden administration repeatedly used such votes to depict Russia as a pariah state.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Its history is complicated, having served as a leper colony for a hundred years.—
Juliana Shallcross,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2023
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Where we're not shunned as criminals or treated like lepers.—
Ryan Hampton,
Time,
28 May 2025
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“Outcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcast. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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