Antonyms for strange
streɪndʒstrange

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1. strangeadjective

   Antonyms:
   familiar, known

   Synonyms:
   unknown, new, unfamiliar

2. strangeadjective

   To be estranged or alienated.

   He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

   Antonyms:
   usual, standard, unsurprising, known, normal, regular, everyday, familiar

   Synonyms:
   out of the ordinary, fremd, unknown, new, odd, peculiar, unfamiliar, queer, weird, singular, bizarre

3. strangeadjective

   Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

   I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

   Antonyms:
   unsurprising, normal, known, standard, regular, everyday, familiar, usual

   Synonyms:
   bizarre, unknown, queer, singular, new, out of the ordinary, odd, unfamiliar, fremd, peculiar, weird

4. strangeadjective

   Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

   Synonyms:
   peculiar, fremd, odd, out of the ordinary, new, singular, weird, queer, unknown, bizarre, unfamiliar

   Antonyms:
   standard, unsurprising, known, everyday, familiar, usual, regular, normal

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. strangeadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, unconnected, unlike

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. strange

   Antonyms:
   home, domestic, familiar, usual, ordinary, common, regular, customary, commonplace, unsurprising, universal, general

   Synonyms:
   foreign, alien, exotic, unfamiliar, unusual, odd, irregular, abnormal, exceptional, surprising, wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, uncommon, peculiar

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 6 votes

1. strange, unusualadjective

   being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

   "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"

   Antonyms:
   common or garden, common, everyday, usual, familiar

   Synonyms:
   foreign, unusual, unknown

2. strange, unknownadjective

   not known before

   "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"

   Antonyms:
   familiar, everyday, common or garden, usual, common

   Synonyms:
   unusual, unknown, unnamed, unidentified, obscure, foreign, nameless, unsung

3. foreign, strangeadjective

   relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

   "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

   Antonyms:
   common or garden, usual, familiar, everyday, common

   Synonyms:
   foreign, extraneous, unknown, unusual, alien

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1. strangeadjective

   Antonyms:
   familiar, accustomed, wonted, commonplace, conventional

   Synonyms:
   foreign, unfamiliar, exotic, outlandish, novel, odd, unusual, queer, unique, nondescript, exceptional, singular, peculiar, rare, erratic, unique, bizarre, eccentric, inexplicable, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, reserved, distant, unfriendly, unknown

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. familar

   being weird and slightly odd. out of the ordinary

   Submitted by anonymous on September 22, 2020  

How to use strange in a sentence?

1. George Miller:

   One of the most jolting experiences of my life was to go to SXSW and watch 'Road Warrior: Mad Max 2' in a newly minted print for the first time in 32 years and then showing scenes from 'Fury Road' all these years later, it was a kind of a time travel. It was a strange but powerful experience.

2. H. M. Tomlinson:

   It is better to obey the mysterious direction, without any fuss, when it points to a new road, however strange that road may be. There is probably as much reason for it, if the truth were known, as for anything else.

3. Michael Collins:

   Strangely enough, it looks fragile somehow, you want to take care of it. You want to nurture it. You want to be good to it. All the beauty, it was wonderful, it was tiny, it's our home, everything I knew, but fragile, strange.

4. Chris Froome:

   I saw this guy just peering around and I thought,' That looks a bit strange,' as I got there he just sort of launched this cup toward me and said( in French)' Doper !'.

5. Kourtney Kardashian:

   I remember when he cheated on me right before I gave birth and I was able to still have him in the delivery room, so yes, it might have looked strange to the outside world, but when my daughter watches my home videos, those videos are going to be as pure and perfect as I was able to make them.

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