Outcast Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Outcast has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions

Noun

a person who is rejected (from society or home)

outcast castaway pariah Ishmael

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.

Verb

To cast out; to banish.

Adjective

excluded from a society

friendless outcast

That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.

See Also

stigmatized eta ishmaelite cast out positionless pariah abject wargus

Related Terms

stigmatized eta ishmaelite cast out positionless pariah abject wargus outcastness buraku offscouring outcasts castaway banished lumpen banish pariahdom ostracized

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

unfortunate

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

heretic leper untouchable

Rhyming Words

ast bast oast east fast nast last vast rast kast gast dast wast past cast tast mast plast avast blast

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