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OUTSIDER
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Irregular inflected form: outsider
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
Synonyms:
foreigner; outsider
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("outsider" is a kind of...):
alien; stranger; unknown (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outsider"):
transalpine (one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("outsider" is a kind of...):
contestant (a person who participates in competitions)