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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

new,
unfamiliar,
unknown

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

newbie,
newcomer

verb

Meaning

  • To estrange; to alienate.