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Stranger

/ˈstɹeɪndʒə/

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

📖 Definitions of "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.

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.

verb

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
unknownnoun	(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
aliennoun	A citizen or national of another sovereign state.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
unknownnoun	(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
aliennoun	A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
outsidernoun	One who is not part of a community or organization.
outlandernoun	A stranger or outsider.
unsubnoun	Abbreviation of unsubscription. [The act of unsubscribing.]
foreignernoun	A person from a foreign country.
oddnoun	(informal) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
foreignnoun	A foreign person, particularly:
weirdnoun	Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
abroadnoun	(rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad.
outwardnoun	A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital.
outsidenoun	The space beyond some limit or boundary.
inwardnoun	(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
overseas	Abroad, especially across the sea.
intrudernoun	Someone who intrudes.
worldnoun	(with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
internationally	In an international manner.
countrynoun	The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
internationalnoun	(sports, chiefly British, Ireland, Australia) Someone who has represented their country in a particular sport.
molenoun	Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.