outcast

Other forms of outcast

plural

outcasts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about outcast

What does outcast mean?

outcast means "a person who is rejected (from society or home)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outcast?

outcast has 2 syllables: out-cast. The stress falls on "out". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˌkæst/.

What is another word for outcast?

Close synonyms include castaway, pariah, Ishmael, friendless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is outcast a common word?

outcast is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with outcast?

14 words rhyme with outcast. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.