Stranger synonyms and antonyms
strān'jər
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Part of speech:
One not a member of or in sympathy with a given group
unknown person
One who is from outside a particular group or community; an outsider.
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
new arrival
acquaintance (antonym)
(Uncountable) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy
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The definition of a transient is someone who is just passing through somewhere or isn't staying long.
madman (related)
complete stranger
new boy in town
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
young-man (related)
Infrequently occurring; uncommon:
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Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
Fuller
Singular; unusual; curious
Hidden away; secluded:
familiar (antonym)
(Folklore) A spirit or demon constantly attending someone and typically dwelling within, or taking the form of, an animal; also, the animal within which such a spirit or demon dwells
Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.
Additional; recently discovered.
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Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric:
commoner (antonym)
Of no special quality; standard:
out-of-stater
A legal resident of one state who lives for a period of time in another state in order to attend school, for example.
new girl in town
new kid in town
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(Automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
stranger within the gates
Mysterious, uncanny, or weird, esp. in such a way as to frighten or disturb
passer-by (related)
alien (related)
(Ecology) An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.
native (antonym)
An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
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passerby (related)
tramp (related)
man (related)
beggar (related)
him (related)
out-of-towner
Used to characterize someone as not from the vicinity.
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Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
uninvited person
(Mathematics) A quantity of unknown numerical value.
An insurance policy covering movable property irrespective of its location at the time of loss
not one of us
inhabitant (antonym)
One that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident:
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citizen (antonym)
A person who, due to place of birth, naturalization, or other reasons (for example, citizenship of parents) is a member of a political community or of a civil state, such as a country or state, and is entitled to all the civil rights and protections thereof and owes allegiance to its government. See also naturalization and resident.
acquaintance. See syn. study at alien.alien (antonym)
A person new to a particular occupation, activity, etc.; apprentice; beginner; tyro
friend (antonym)
Friend is defined as a person that you are fond of, with whom you talk or spend time.
local (antonym)
(Rail transport) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Causing laughter or amusement:
Odd; eccentric
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a-man (related)
perfect stranger
(Archaic) An unauthorized trading vessel in areas assigned to monopolies or chartered companies
The definition of a gate crasher is a person who attends some event or social affair without being invited or without having proper credentials (like a ticket) to get in.
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party crasher
Any paying customer of a hotel, restaurant, etc.
freakier
Strange or unusual; freakish.
Not friendly or kind
émigré
A person coming from another country or into a new community
Find another word for stranger. In this page you can discover 69 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stranger, like: outsider, unknown person, foreigner, itinerant, visitor, new arrival, acquaintance, transient, madman, complete stranger and new boy in town.
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