outlander, n. 1. foreigner, alien, stranger, unwelcome visitor, intruder, interloper, barbarian, invader, tramontane, ultramontane; visitor, tourist, Inf. visiting fireman; exile, refugee, dmigrd, displaced person, D. P.; transmigrant, migrant, sojourner, passing stranger, pilgrim, traveler, wanderer; Disparaging. gringo, Disparaging, wetback.
2. immigrant, arrival, new arrival, greenhorn, incomer, entrant; colonial, uitlander, colonizer, settier, pioneer, homesteader, squatter, nester, sooner, en-croacher; bushman, backwoodsman, mountainman, mountaineer, Inf. hillbilly; newcomer, upstart, arriviste, parvenu, Inf. gate-crasher, Inf. crasher; tenderfoot, Inf. new guy in town, Inf. Johnny-come-lately, Inf. new kid on the block or in school, Brit. Inf. new boy.
outlandish, adj. 1. strange, unfamiliar, unknown, foreign, exotic, alien, bohemian, unconventional, unorthodox, different, foreign looking; rare, fanciful, original, exceptional, striking, unique, wonderful, wondrous, marvelous, remarkable, fascinating.
2. bizarre, odd, unusual, uncommon; queer, peculiar, curious, singular, off-beat, Inf. funny, quaint, eccentric; ludicrous, ridiculous, comical, droll; weird, Inf. freaky, Inf. campy, Inf. kinky; unbelievable, incredible, unheard-of, extraordinary, unthought-of, undreamed-of, unexampled, unimagined, unprecedented, Inf. out-of-this-world; inconceivable, preposterous, indescribable, nondescript, unparalleled.
3. monstrous, abnormal, freakish, unnatural, Biol. teratogenic, Biol, teratological, grotesque, fantastic; erratic, irregular, aberrant, deviative, divergent.
4. barbarous, barbaric, barbarian, uncivilized, wild; rustic, rude, uncouth, boorish, coarse, raw, savage; rural, provincial, cloddish, Inf. from the sticks or hills, hick, backwoods, backwoodsy, wild-and-woolly, rough-and-ready.
5. out-of-the-way, remote, distant, faraway, far-off, unfrequented; isolated, inaccessible, secluded, insular, forsaken,' lonely, Godforsaken, in a backwater, forgotten by the world; off the beaten path, removed, separate, apart; uncharted, unexplored, unplumbed, undiscovered; back-country, up-country, Australian. outback, wild, wilderness, back of beyond, over the mountain or hills, tramontane, ultramontane, across the sea, over the water, extraterritorial; unearthly, extraterrestrial.
outlast, adj. 1. outlive, Archaic, overlive, live on, survive, remain after; stand, prevail, endure, endure beyond, perdure, defy or defeat time, last; last out, come through, live or last through, weather, weather the storm, live to fight another day, rally, resurge; recuperate, get over, rise from the ashes, recover from; continue, run on, go on, subsist, dwell on, bide, linger on, carry on, keep on, persist; wear well, hold up, hold on, Inf. hang in there, Inf. stay in the game, Inf. stay on one's feet, Inf make it to the last round or last bell, Inf. drink everyone under the table.
2. outwear, wear down. See outwear (def. 1).
3. outtalk, outspeak, talk down, filibuster, stonewall, talk [s.o.'s] ear off.
outlaw, n. 1. fugitive, escapee, runaway, deserter, SI. AWOL, SI. lamster, Archaic, runagate; renegade, undesirable, Latin, persona non grata; reprobate; exile, outcast, social outcast, outcast of society, pariah, man without a country, expellee; convict, Inf. jailbird; known offender, wanted criminal, wanted man, desperate criminal, cutthroat, mad dog, desperado, public enemy.
2. bandit, brigand, highwayman. Zorro, Scarlet Pimpernel, footpad, road agent, SI. yegg or yeggman, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, SI. bandito,