stranger
adjective
- 1
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
“He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.”
- 2
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
“I moved to a strange town when I was ten.”
- 3
Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- 4
Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- 5
Belonging to another country; foreign.
- 6
Reserved; distant in deportment.
- 7
Backward; slow.
- 8
Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
- 9
Not belonging to one.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
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.”
- 2
An outsider or foreigner.
- 3
One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
- 4
A newcomer.
- 5
One who has not been seen for a long time.
“Hello, stranger!”
- 6
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.
“Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title.”
- 8
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
- 1
To estrange; to alienate.
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