Local and Outsider

Opposite meaning words

Local noun - A local unit of an organization.

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Outsider is an antonym for local.

Nearby Words: location, locality, locale, localize, localised

Outsider noun - A person who is not native to or known to a community.

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Local is an antonym for outsider in person who is foreign to something topic.

Nearby Word: outside

normal	normal local	normal outsider
alien	alien local	alien outsider
prominent	prominent local	prominent outsider
clever	clever local	clever outsider
Other adjectives: former, grumpy.

Read: the - supposedly - redneck doing the shopping was one of the guys who started the fire ... to burn down the wedding party, because a local girl married an outsider.

Source: Tomato Surprise
The incident is never the cause of a Gensokyo local, but always another outsider: often another male with a dark backstory.

Source: Analysis / Diamond in the Rough (Touhou)
Dirty Cop: The mayor hires an outsider to be sheriff because all the previous local sheriffs have been paid off by Proctor.

Source: Series / Banshee

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