I was an outsider, so to speak.
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Outsider
//ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ//
Synonyms for "outsider" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Noun(20 words)
Related words (72)
Noun(25 words)
misfitnew chumnewbienewcomernewlingnon-residentnoninhabitantnonlocalnonnationalnonresidentoffcomeroffscouringoutcastouteneroutlanderoutlierovercastparadesipariahperegrine
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13 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 35 languages.
Basque
2 entries- arrotz noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- kanpotar noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Belarusian
4 entries- аўтса́йдэр noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- старо́нні noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- чужа́к noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- чужані́ца noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Bulgarian
1 entries- аутсайдер noun (a long shot)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 外人 noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- 局外人 noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Czech
3 entries- outsider noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- outsider noun (a long shot)
- outsiderka noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Dutch
2 entries- buitenstaander noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- outsider noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Esperanto
2 entries- eksterulo noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- novulo noun (newcomer)
Finnish
4 entries- musta hevonen noun (a long shot)
- muukalainen noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- tulokas noun (newcomer)
- ulkopuolinen noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
French
4 entries- exclu noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- inconnu noun (newcomer)
- nouveau venu noun (newcomer)
- outsider noun (a long shot)
Georgian
3 entries- აუტსაიდერი noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- გარეშე noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- გარეშე პირი noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
German
4 entries- Anfänger noun (newcomer)
- Außenseiter noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- Außenseiter noun (a long shot)
- Außenseiterin noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Hindi
4 entries- ग़ैर noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- पराया noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- बाहरी noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- बेगाना noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Hungarian
1 entries- kívülálló noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Indonesian
1 entries- orang luar noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Ingrian
1 entries- vellain noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Irish
1 entries- coimhthíoch noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Italian
1 entries- estraneo noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Japanese
3 entries- アウトサイダー noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- 局外者 noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- 部外者 noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Kazakh
1 entries- аутсайдер noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Korean
2 entries- 아웃사이더 noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- 외부인 noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Latin
2 entries- externus noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- extraneus noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Macedonian
4 entries- аутса́јдер noun (a long shot)
- ново́дојден noun (newcomer)
- новодо́јденец noun (newcomer)
- ту́ѓинец noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Māori
2 entries- rāwaho noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- tauiwi noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Navajo
1 entries- déʼéyóní noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Polish
3 entries- outsider noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- outsider noun (a long shot)
- outsiderka noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Portuguese
2 entries- forasteiro noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- marginal noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Romanian
1 entries- outsider noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Russian
4 entries- аутса́йдер noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- незнако́мец noun (newcomer)
- незнако́мка noun (newcomer)
- новичо́к noun (newcomer)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- autsàjder noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- аутса̀јдер noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Slovak
2 entries- outsider noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- outsiderka noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Spanish
4 entries- afuereño noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- afuerino noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- fuereño noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- lego noun (newcomer)
Swedish
2 entries- särling noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- utomstående noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Turkish
3 entries- dışlanan noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- hariç tutulan noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- yeni gelen noun (newcomer)
Ukrainian
4 entries- аутса́йдер noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- сторо́нній noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- чужа́к noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
- чужи́й noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người ngoài noun (one who is not part of a community or organization)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I was an outsider.
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A small, homogeneous population with a precious culture—a Hopi village on a mesa top in America, e.g.—may be unable to tolerate any outsider for long.
Source: tatoeba (2040101)
The easier it is for an outsider to suggest a change, the more volunteers you'll get.
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