UNTOUCHABLES Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

untouchables

noun

plural of untouchable

as in outcasts

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insiders

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Noun

Those accused became social outcasts, leading to eviction notices from landlords, pink slips, club membership revocation and divorces.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
As Davud is drawn back into addiction, Shams grows increasingly isolated among the building’s workers, veterans and outcasts.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of outcasts

Noun

Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.

— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Definition of lepers

Noun

Attorneys representing Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour say despite cooperating with investigators, their clients have effectively become pariahs in their hometown and have been subjected to death threats and defamation.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Definition of pariahs

Noun

Now, after White delivers a prepared speech invoking hatred, fear mongering, divisiveness, love, grace, humility and Michelle Obama, the media reaction is that everyone really wishes outsiders would stop bringing non-basketball issues into the WNBA.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Misinformation about the virus continues to circulate in communities where some are wary of outsiders, keeping some people from clinics.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of outsiders

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