I don't like most people named Tom, except for Tom Jackson. He's the outlier.
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Outlier
//ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "outlier" (16 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (8)
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12 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 17 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qalıq noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Catalan
2 entries- tossal residual noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
- tossal testimoni noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Dutch
4 entries- alleenstaande noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- buitenbeentje noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- uitbijter noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- uitloper noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Finnish
4 entries- erillään oleva noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- eroosion erottama osa noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
- poikkeama noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- poikkeava arvo noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
French
4 entries- butte-témoin noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
- cas isolé noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- donnée aberrante noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- exception noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
German
4 entries- Ausreißer noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- Ausreißer noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- Sonderfall noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- Zeugenberg noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Indonesian
1 entries- pencilan noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
Italian
2 entries- anomalia noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
- eccezione noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išskirtis noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utligger noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- utliggar noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- utliggjar noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
Polish
1 entries- ostaniec noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Portuguese
1 entries- extravagante noun (a person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place)
Russian
2 entries- вы́брос noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- остане́ц noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Spanish
4 entries- anomalía noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- anormalidad noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- caso aparte noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
- cerro testigo noun (part of formation separate from the rest)
Swedish
1 entries- utliggare noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
Thai
1 entries- ค่าผิดปกติ noun (value outside pattern in a statistical sample)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I'm an outlier.
Source: tatoeba (11044229)
Heat waves are becoming increasingly intense, frequent and long lasting around the world because of climate change, but the pattern of heat waves unfolding in Europe is a global outlier.
Source: tatoeba (12053226)
Observing as an outlier from Scotland, Hynes sums up the industry problem: "The conversation we've had for this article is really about creating an environment in which better decisions can be taken, isn't it?
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