stranger
/ˈstɹeɪndʒə/
adjective
Meaning
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.
Belonging to another country; foreign.
Reserved; distant in deportment.
Backward; slow.
Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
Not belonging to one.
Synonyms
noun
Meaning
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.
One who has not been seen for a long time.
"Hello, stranger!"
One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
"Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title."
A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
Synonyms
verb
Meaning
To estrange; to alienate.