outgoer

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noun

One who or that which goes out or departs.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounoutgoer (plural outgoers)

plural outgoers

  1. One who or that which goes out or departs.

    Also, a larger percentage of ailing outgoers than frail recluses would consider rebates.

    1996, George P. Moschis, Gerontographics: Life-stage Segmentation for Marketing Strategy Development, page 76
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    This tenancy necessitates the most complicated arrangements to dovetail the interests of the incomer and outgoer.

    1850, George Wingrove Cooke, A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Agricultural Tenancies, page 49

    Then there exists a unique outgoer and unique ingoer (up to parametrization) through each point of Kerr-star spacetime.

    2014, Barrett O'Neill, The Geometry of Kerr Black Holes, page 86

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who leaves one country to settle in another

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoutgoer
  2. Englishoutgoer

From Middle English outgoer, equivalent to outgo + -er or out + goer; compare incomer.

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APA

outgoer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgoer

MLA

“outgoer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgoer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outgoer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outgoer.

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