misfit

Speech parts

1. misfit - Noun

2. misfit - Verb

Meaning

The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

Something that fits badly, as a garment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

eccentric anomaly outsider deviant outcast nonconformist oddball castaway maverick bohemian no-good original character freak kook
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Antonyms

angel confidence commonplace doll traditionalist purist
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

loon ape jerk anthropoid dork birdbrain

Phrases with the word

misfit leaf frog biggest misfit

Derivatives

misfitted misfitting

Examples

He would have been a handful in any society. He is a misfit and fully conscious of it. The punctilio of his old-world manners, the dandified scrupulosity of his Savile Row suits, are compelled by an unsleeping awareness that he has no more business among ordinary human beings than a Venusian. Barry Humphries

Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit. Patti Smith

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive. Alan Rickman

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time. Jeffrey Eugenides

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in. Joe Manganiello

Welcome to the island of misfit toys. Stephen Chbosky

Close letter words and terms

misfire misfirer misfiring misfit leaf frog misfit stream misfitdom