Definitions for outlier

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outlier out·li·er

Spelling: [out-lahy-er]

IPA: /ˈaʊtˌlaɪ ər/

Outlier is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in outlier (eilortu).

Definitions for outlier

noun

1. something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
2. someone who stands apart from others of his or her group, as by differing behavior, beliefs, or religious practices: Synonyms: nonconformist, maverick; original, eccentric, bohemian; dissident, dissenter, iconoclast, heretic; outsider.
3. Statistics. an observation that is well outside of the expected range of values in a study or experiment, and which is often discarded from the data set: a person whose abilities, achievements, etc., lie outside the range of statistical probability.
4. Geology. a part of a formation left detached through the removal of surrounding parts by erosion. Compare inlier.
5. Obsolete. a person residing outside the place of his or her business, duty, etc.

Origin of outlier

First recorded in 1600-10; out- + lier

Examples for outlier

It was Won-tolla, the outlier, and he said never a word, but continued his horrible sport beside the dholes.

The dome of Knocklayd, capped by an outlier of chalk and basalt, consists mostly of this far more ancient series.

In comparison to other NWO conspiracy theorists, experts say Ciancia is an outlier.

Egeland is something of an outlier among the worldwide community of humanitarians because he says this sort of thing out loud.

We first visited together the outlier of the Weald at Linksfield.

"Eat," said Akela, rising up from the meat Mowgli had brought him, and the outlier flung himself on it.

The outlier of the group once created served as a nucleus for fresh accumulations.

Said Fidas: “ExxonMobil remains a significant holdout with respect to LGBT equality and in many ways an outlier.”

Actually, the United States is an outlier among democracies in granting such generous free speech guarantees.

But Florida is kind of an outlier, because culturally, only the northern half of Florida is Dixie.