stranger

Adj

comparative form of strange: more strange

Noun

1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
2. An outsider or foreigner.
3. One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
4. A newcomer.
5. (humorous) Used ironically to refer to a person who the speaker knows.
6. (obsolete) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
7. One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
8. (obsolete) 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.

Verb

To estrange; to alienate.

strange

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/

Synonyms

foreigner

alien

👽

outsider

guest

visitor

unknown

newcomer

unknown person

foreign

strange

outlander

another person

new-comer

tramp

other people

gentile

distant

servant

immigrant

wanderer

enemy

different

non-relative

unbeknownst

unco

uncongenial

undisclosed

undiscoverable

undiscovered

unfamiliar

unheard-of

unidentified

unknowable

unnamed

unpredictable

unrecognised

unrecognized

unrevealed

unsung

vagabond

visitant

weird

foreign country

house guest

incognoscible

little-known

other person

person from another place

unrelated person

person from abroad

Translations

étranger

Fremder

straniero

forastero

forestiero

Ausländer

extranjero

desconocido

fremd

estraneo

ξένος

sconosciuto

vreemdeling

vreemde

αλλοδαπός

Sentences

" I had to test your courage ," the stranger said .

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .

Instead , the stranger lowered it slowly , until the point touched the boy's forehead .