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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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American investors are no strangers to this kind of changeability, either.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

There we were: two strangers in Silver Lake, surrounded by furniture being sold off piece by piece, both trying to make new lives from the remains of our old ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A mother of three boys with complex needs has been left "speechless" after a group of kind strangers banded together to transform her home in just 48 hours.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

A year and a half out, it seems a million years away, and I dread the day we pass each other somewhere in the city we both still live in and pretend to be strangers.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Two strangers, replied David Herold, on their way to Washington.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson