stranger

Meaning

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

• Adj
• Verb
• Noun

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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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/

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 .