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OUTSIDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: outsider   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

foreigner; outsider

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("outsider" is a kind of...):

alien; stranger; unknown (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outsider"):

transalpine (one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("outsider" is a kind of...):

contestant (a person who participates in competitions)

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