square peg
Doesn't fit in
A square peg is someone who doesn't fit comfortably into a conventional role or environment—from the expression "square peg in a round hole." The phrase suggests fundamental incompatibility rather than mere awkwardness: She was always a square peg at corporate jobs.
Sometimes used affectionately for nonconformists who resist fitting in.
- misfitOne who doesn't fit in
- round holeOpening with curved edges
- oddballEccentric individual
- odd one outItem unlike the rest
- outsiderOne excluded from group
black sheep · fish out of water · nonconformist · awkward · outcast · different · unique · puzzle · fitting · wooden · wooden block · block · shape · forced · jammed · stuck · reject · eccentric
- social conformityconformist, peer pressure, herd mentality, groupthink, follow the crowd
- oddballsoddball, eccentric, weirdo, freak, misfit
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- mismatchesmismatch, wrong fit, misfit, incompatibility, wrong size
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
square pegperfect fit
at home · in one's element · insider · team player · native
square pegconformist
One following accepted norms
company man · joiner · yes-man · organization man · follower
square, peg, squares, squared, squaring, squarely, squareness, pegs, pegged