stranger

[streyn-jer] / ˈstreɪn dʒər /

NOUN

person who is unfamiliar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien foreigner guest immigrant intruder newcomer outsider visitor

STRONG

drifter interloper migrant outlander squatter transient unknown wanderer

WEAK

foreign body incomer itinerant person migratory worker new arrival out-of-stater outcomer party crasher perfect stranger uninvited person unknown person

Antonyms

STRONGEST

citizen local national native

WEAK

acquaintance friend

Example Sentences

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Or can Emma Roddick - who was on the opposite side of the SNP's broad tent to Ewing on a host of issues - make this one of the stranger "SNP hold" results on record?

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Swan, herself no stranger to the wellness-podcast circuit, was careful to insert the caveat that the film is “not a quote-unquote ‘scientific study.’

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

Ultimately, the paintings capture us as paintings, becoming stranger and more compelling with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

General Motors, 6.2 times earnings, is no stranger to this list, but it has also returned 68% over the past year, and 127% over the past three, easily beating the market.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Zoe wants me to call her Mom, but it would be weird to call a stranger Mom.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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