Antonyms for outcast


Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-kast, -kahst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst


Definition of outcast

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "a person cast out or rejected," originally past participle of Middle English outcasten, from out + casten "to cast" (see cast (v.)). The adjective is attested from late 14c. In an Indian context, outcaste "one who has been expelled from his caste" is from 1876; see caste.
  • noun person who is unwanted, not accepted
Example sentences :
  • All this must have seemed the veriest irony when addressed to an outcast Jew.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • He was a vagabond and an outcast, and scenes of horror were not new to him.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • He found himself an outcast in the midst of the populous camp.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Note: The outcast princess is represented as “herding sheep.”
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • There will be left of it but one unprincipled woman—and she wretched and an outcast.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You have always had a roof over your head; he has always been an outcast.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Within five minutes you will breathe a beggar and an outcast.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • After all, he himself, if not actually an outcast, was one of life's failures.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • If he married her, he would become what Pilgrim had named him—an outcast.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • He was going to work among the poor and the outcast, the oppressed and the fallen.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for outcast

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