strangers

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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strangers

"So this finding suggests that happy faces, even those of strangers have a positive value for dogs."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

It’s even better if you build them between two strangers that don’t know each other, that now have commonality that has nothing to do with you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

What information can strangers find out about me at the click of a button?

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Individually and together, they confounded relatives, friends, strangers, and some of the most prominent scientists, politicians, and writers of their time.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock