Link Centre Dictionary

outcast

out·cast

UK/ˈaʊtkɑːst/ US/ˈaʊtkæst/ uncommon

noun

1.

a person who is rejected (from society or home)

adjective

1.

excluded from a society

Synonyms
Similar

Origin

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

Phrases

  • Appendix:English terms for outsiders
  • odd one out

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.