outcast

UK: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ US: /ˈaʊtˌkæst/ ,(out′kast′, -käst′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

out•cast¹ /ˈaʊtˌkæst/   n. [countable]

1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society.

adj. [before a noun]

2. cast out, as from one's home or society:
   an outcast son.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

out•cast¹  (out′kast′, -käst′), n. 

1. a person who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society:
   In the beginning the area was settled by outcasts, adventurers, and felons.
2. a homeless wanderer;
   vagabond.
3. rejected matter;
   refuse.

adj. 

4. cast out, as from one's home or society:
   an outcast son.
5. pertaining to or characteristic of an outcast:
   outcast misery.
6. rejected or discarded:
   outcast opinions.

• 1250–1300; Middle English; see out-, cast

Synonyms

• 1. . exile, refugee, expatriate; leper, pariah.

out•cast²  (out′kast′, -käst′), n. [Scot.]

1. Scottish Terms a falling out;
   quarrel.

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase (Scottish) cast out 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

outcast / ˈaʊtˌkɑːst/ noun

1. a person who is rejected or excluded from a social group
2. a vagabond or wanderer
3. anything thrown out or rejected

adjective

1. rejected, abandoned, or discarded; cast out