outcast
Rejected by all
An outcast is someone rejected or excluded by a group or society.
The word suggests being cast out—expelled from belonging: He lived as an outcast after the scandal.
As an adjective, it describes this state of rejection: outcast tribes, an outcast existence.
The term often carries sympathy for the excluded rather than judgment.
Rejected, shunned person
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
scorned · despised · stigmatized · scapegoat · leper · excommunicated · blackballed · boycotted
Complete separation from others
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- separationState of being apart
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
disaffection · displacement · exclusion · rejection · marginalization · unwelcome · abandoned · shunned
Rejects prevailing social standards
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- oddballEccentric individual
rebel · loner · deviant · freak · weirdo · black sheep · square peg · misunderstood
Forced removal from place
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
fugitive · diaspora · stateless · displaced · dispossessed · deportee · émigré · wanderer
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
blacklisted · scorned · despised · stigmatized · scapegoat · leper · excommunicated · blackballed · boycotted · snubbed
isolation
Complete separation from others
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- separationState of being apart
detachment · disaffection · displacement · exclusion · rejection · marginalization · unwelcome · abandoned · shunned · discarded
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
oddball · rebel · loner · deviant · freak · weirdo · black sheep · square peg · misunderstood · unconventional
banishment
Forced removal from place
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
refugee · fugitive · diaspora · stateless · displaced · dispossessed · deportee · émigré · wanderer · persona non grata
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
felon · brigand · pirate · highwayman · marauder · wanted · on the run · hunted · lawless · rogue
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- outcastspariah, pariahs, outlaws, castaway, derelicts
- oddballsoddball, eccentric, weirdo, freak, misfit
- outsidersoutsider, pariah, misfit, outlaw, stranger
- social outcastspariah, loner, hermit, recluse, outsider
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
outcastinsider
One with confidential access
pillar of the community · elite · central figure · pillar of society · influencer