Need another word that means the same as “underdog”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “underdog” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Underdog” are: victim, prey
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “underdog” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| prey | A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence. The kestrel pounced on its prey. |
| victim | A person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of misfortune or ill-treatment. Earthquake victims. |
| alien | Transfer property or ownership. Principles that are alien to them. |
| brotherhood | The kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings. The bonds of brotherhood. |
| citizenship | The status of a citizen with rights and duties. Award for good citizenship. |
| compassion | The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. The victims should be treated with compassion. |
| controversial | Marked by or capable of arousing controversy. The issue of the death penalty is highly controversial. |
| deportation | The action of deporting a foreigner from a country. A deportation order. |
| diplomatic | (of an edition or copy) exactly reproducing an original version. Diplomatic relations with Britain were broken. |
| empathy | The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. |
| expatriate | Move away from one’s native country and adopt a new residence abroad. American expatriates. |
| foreigner | Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group. |
| hierarchy | The traditional system of orders of angels and other heavenly beings. The heavenly hierarchy. |
| homeless | Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security. A homeless was found murdered in Central Park. |
| immigrate | Migrate to a new environment. Only few plants can immigrate to the island. |
| immigration | Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there. The increased immigration strengthened the colony. |
| lonely | Sad because one has no friends or company. A lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel. |
| mercy | A disposition to be kind and forgiving. He threw himself on the mercy of the court. |
| misunderstood | Wrongly understood. A misunderstood question. |
| naturalize | Regard as or cause to appear natural. Globalization has been naturalized as the inevitable pathway to economic prosperity and success. |
| nerd | A single-minded expert in a particular technical field. His engineering background means he tends to nerd out a bit on the numbers. |
| outcast | A person who is rejected (from society or home. They can be made to feel outcast and inadequate. |
| outsider | A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win. She felt that his friends despised her as an outsider. |
| pariah | An outcast. They were treated as social pariahs. |
| pity | A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. The blind are too often objects of pity. |
| role | The function assumed or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation. What is your role on the team. |
| status | The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society. The current status of the arms negotiations. |
| stranger | A person entirely unaccustomed to (a feeling, experience, or situation. He is no stranger to controversy. |
| sympathy | Understanding between people; common feeling. I have some sympathy for this view. |
| traveler | A person who changes location. |
| westerner | An inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S. |
| world | All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. The English speaking world. |
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