EIGHT BALLS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

eight balls

noun

plural of eight ball

as in free spirits

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Art history as a discipline favors upstarts, the avant-garde, protest, outsiders, and transgression—all those timeless modernisms.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Some interesting reinventions of ancient literature, Wilson says, have been created by nonclassicists, outsiders who have been able to approach the source material with fresh eyes.

— David Conrads, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of outsiders

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Her little acts of rebellion towards her tyrannical teachers attract the admiration of three other misfits and the four girls form an inseparable group.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Drawn to a lakeside haven by a mysterious pregnant woman, a heartbroken drifter finds refuge with a group of eccentric misfits.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026

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For Jia, who has watched generations of Chinese talents develop in a variety of ways, his hope is for these Chinese mavericks playing in America to stay.

— Fred He, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Carl Anka Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England career is a fascinating case study in why team sports can prefer the orthodox to the mavericks.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026

Definition of mavericks

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The forty-niners are elemental to our identity as a nation of brave, rugged individualists.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.

— Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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