PARIAH Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

pariah

noun

pə-ˈrī-ə

Definition of pariah next

as in outcast

one who is cast out or rejected by society I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pariah The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 If Damsky returns to law school, some classmates will treat him as a social pariah who deserves scorn. —

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026 Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs. —

Will Carless, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026 Asking questions that were seen as possibly opening old wounds threatened to make the Wangondu a pariah back in her hometown. —

Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pariah

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah

Noun

Maïmouna Miawana plays Kellou with an open-hearted and gentle determination that suits this character who thinks of herself as an outcast.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
The child prodigy who was a double outcast Political observers shouldn’t have been surprised.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026