outsidernoun [ C ]
uk/ˌaʊtˈsaɪ.dər/us/ˌaʊtˈsaɪ.dɚ/outsider noun [ C ] (NOT MEMBER)
a person who is not involved with a particular group of people or organization or who does not live in a particular place:
Outsiders have a glamorized idea of what it is like to work in Hollywood.
a person who is not liked or accepted as a member of a particular group, organization, or society and who feels different from those people who are accepted as members:
As a child he was very much an outsider, never participating in the games other children played.
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- stable
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- wing
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outsider noun [ C ] (UNLIKELY WINNER)
a person or animal with only a slight chance of winning:
A complete outsider won this year's award.
The race was won by a rank outsider.
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- squad
- underdog
- winger
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