Outcast

ahd-5
  • noun. One that has been excluded from a society or system.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw out; cast forth; expel; reject.
  • Cast out; thrown away; rejected; hence, forsaken; forlorn; miserable; specifically, despised socially.
  • noun. That which is thrown away or cast forth; refuse.
  • noun. A person expelled or driven out; an exile; one who is rejected or despised.
  • noun. A falling out; a quarrel.
  • noun. In malting and brewing, increase by measure in the bulk of malt as compared with the bulk of the unmalted grain from which the malt was made. It is generally computed in bushels, and varies from 3 to 8 per cent.
  • noun. Material ejected; specifically, in astronomy, ejected matter which lies outside of the nucleus of the sun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Cast out; degraded.
  • noun. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.
  • noun. A quarrel; a contention.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who is rejected (from society or home)
  • adjective. excluded from a society
  • Word Usage
    "Enter Yeine, whose family had been outcast from the Arameri Family and the city of Sky, is designated a successor to the throne, and plunged into a complicated dance of politics, family drama and larger forces at work within the structure of the world."
    cross-reference
    exile  
    Equivalent
    unwanted  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning