misfitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɪs.fɪt/us/ˈmɪs.fɪt/someone who is not suited to a situation or who is not accepted by other people because their behaviour is strange or unusual:
I didn't really know anyone at the party, so I felt like a misfit.
I was a bit of a social misfit at college because I didn't like going out at night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Different and difference
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative
- another
- clash
- contrary
- differential
- distinction
- distinctive
- distorted
- diverge
- divergence
- divide
- permutation
- refreshing
- several
- step
- sundry
- tangential
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