stranger
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/ˈstɹeɪndʒə/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.“He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.”
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.“I moved to a strange town when I was ten.”
- Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
noun
- A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.“That gentleman is a stranger to me. Children are taught not to talk to strangers.”
- An outsider or foreigner.
- One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- A newcomer.
verb
- To estrange; to alienate.
Related words
Synonyms
newunfamiliarunknownnewbienewcomeralienoutsideroutlanderunsubforeigneroddforeignweirdabroadoutwardoutsideinwardoverseas