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outcast¹

  • /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ UK
  • /ˈaʊtkæst/ US

Sounds like outcaste · Rhymes with -aʊtkɑːst, -ɑːst, -aʊtkæst, -æst

Where it comes from

From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.

verb outcasts · outcasting · outcast · outcasted

  1. transitive To cast out; to banish. And her faire yellow locks behind her flew, / Looſely diſperſt with puff of euery blaſt: / All as a blazing ſtarre doth farre outcaſt / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes diſpredd, / At ſight whereof the people ſtand aghaſt: […]

adjective more outcast · most outcast

  1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. O, horrible fate! Outcast, rejected, / As one with pestilence infected!

outcast²

  • /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ UK
  • /ˈaʊtkæst/ US

Sounds like outcaste · Rhymes with -aʊtkɑːst, -ɑːst, -aʊtkæst, -æst

Where it comes from

From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.

noun outcasts

  1. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship.
  2. broadly Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I

    Similar: outsider

  3. Scotland A quarrel.
  4. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.

Similar: abject, castaway, deviant, exile, fremd, leper, misfit, offscouring, outcast, outsider, overcast, pariah, reject, untouchable

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: friendless, unwanted, castaway, pariah, exile, misfit, average, bet, media, outcaste, abandon, cast out, excommunicate, abject, forban, outlaw

noun

Similar: abject, castaway, deviant, exile, fremd, leper, misfit, offscouring, outcast, outsider, overcast, pariah, reject, untouchable

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noun someone excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper

Españolapestado, proscrito, paria, marginado, leproso
日本語のけ者 nokemono
中文被放逐者, 賤民 /贱民 jiànmín
Portuguêsdeslocado, deslocada, excluído, excluída, pária
Françaisparia, proscrit, proscrite
DeutschParia, Unberührbarer, Aussätziger, Außenseiter, Außenseiterin, Ausgestoßener
Italianoemarginato, emarginata, reietto, reietta, paria
Românăparia, proscris, expulzat, expulzată
Русскийизго́й izgój, изгна́нник izgnánnik, изгна́нница izgnánnica, отве́рженный otvéržennyj, отве́рженная otvéržennaja, неприкаса́емый neprikasájemyj
العربيةمَنْبُوذ manbūḏ, مَنْبُوذَة manbūḏa

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@misc{outcast_2026,
  title = {outcast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outcast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}