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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In 1962, he scored a minor country hit with “Kentucky Means Paradise,” a dobro-driven twanger that he cut with the Green River Boys, a bluegrass group.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2015

PRO: The teenage twanger is beloved on both the country and pop charts, selling more than 4 million records in 2008 � the most of any artist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor do I propose to discuss the details of the affair which has been dwelt upon ad nauseam by every twanger of the romantic string.

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James

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