outsider

From outside + -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/

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outsider (plural outsiders)

1. One who is not part of a community or organization.

   Synonym: outlier

   Synonyms: stranger; see also Thesaurus:foreigner, Thesaurus:outcast

   While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

   • 2004, George Carlin, “Preface”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page [2]:

     I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. That's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside.

   • 2019, Victor C. de Munck, Romantic Love in America, page 152:

     We were not a big huggie family so I was very, very encased in a little stay-away-from-me shell growing-up, and here I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything.

   • 2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     We are the only outsiders here, granted exclusive access and a private tour as the first major US news organization allowed inside Cecot late last month.

2. A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:newcomer

   Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders?

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Legacy:

     These worlds have always belonged to us, from the moment our ancestors saw them through ancient telescopes. We claimed them when our first explorers reached the stars, and they remained our worlds even after the Scourge divided us in darkness. Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright.

3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.

   Synonyms: dark horse, little guy, long shot, underdog

   Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

4. (rare) The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.

• Rideouts, Tudorise, dries out, editours, iodurets, outrides, rideouts, rutoside, suitored, tudorise, turoside

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯tsajdr̩]
• Hyphenation: out‧si‧der

outsider m anim

1. outsider, one who is not part of a community or organization [since 20th c.]
   • 2017, Hanuš Karlach, Bojovník ve Vatikánu: Papež František a jeho odvážná cesta‎^[4], Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of Der Kämpfer im Vatikan. Papst Franziskus und sein mutiger Weg by Andreas Englisch, →ISBN, page 8:

     Neměl nejmenší vyhlídku na úřad papeže – a právě to si jeho stoupenci tak považovali. Chtěli nějakého outsidera, absolutního outsidera, […]

     He had not the slightest chance to hold the papal office – and that was the fact that his supporters valued so much. They wanted an outsider, absolute outsider, […]

2. outsider, a competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning
   • 2006, Luboš Jeřábek, Fotbal – velký lexikon‎^[5], Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of original by Bernd Rohr and Günter Simon, →ISBN, page 304:

     Vítězství outsiderů nejsou ve fotbale vzácná […]

     Victories of outsiders are not rare in football […]

• “outsider”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “outsider”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from English outsider

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯tsɑi̯der/, [ˈɑ̝u̯ts̠ɑ̝i̯de̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑutsɑider

outsider

1. synonym of ulkopuolinen (“outsider”)

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /awt.saj.dœʁ/, /awt.saj.de/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

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outsider m (plural outsiders)

1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

outsider

1. (North America, colloquial) to go outside

• “outsider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• étourdis

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /awtˈt͡saj.der/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ajder

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsiders)

1. outsider

• deostruì, riseduto, studierò

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /awtˈsaj.dɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ajdɛr
• Syllabification: out‧si‧der

outsider m pers (female equivalent outsiderka)

1. outsider (someone excluded)
2. (sports) outsider (competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; long shot)
3. (economics) company refusing to join a monopoly consisting of the majority of enterprises in a given industry

• “outsider”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “outsider”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /ˈawt.saj.dər/

outsider m (plural outsideri)

1. outsider

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /autˈsaideɾ/ [au̯t̪ˈsai̯.ð̞eɾ]
• Rhymes: -aideɾ
• Syllabification: out‧si‧der

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsideres)

1. outsider

   Synonyms: afuereño, marginado

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “outsider”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “outsider”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA