Synonyms for STRANGE
streɪndʒstrange

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1. strangeadjective

   Synonyms:
   unknown, new, unfamiliar

   Antonyms:
   familiar, known

2. strangeadjective

   To be estranged or alienated.

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

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

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

3. strangeadjective

   Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

   I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

   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

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

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

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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"

   Synonyms:
   foreign, unusual, unknown, strange

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

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"

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

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

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"

   Synonyms:
   foreign, extraneous, strange, unknown, unusual, alien

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

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1. orophusadjective

   one can not know and it come to existence, it had to be of sense, real . mystery when you can not perfectly explain but with believe it always come to existence.

   reading understanding and recalling, jesus as a healer and as a teacher

   Submitted by anonymous on December 5, 2021  

2. outlandishadjective

   Submitted by Providence on July 15, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strangeadjective

   Synonyms:
   foreign, outlandish, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad

2. strangeadjective

   Synonyms:
   new, novel, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, abnormal, anomalous, singular, rare, irregular, extraordinary, wonderful, inexplicable, exceptional, unique, PRETERNATURAL, unheard of, out of the way

3. strangeadjective

   Synonyms:
   odd, eccentric, queer, peculiar, BIZARRE

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1. strangeadjective

   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

   Antonyms:
   familiar, accustomed, wonted, commonplace, conventional

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1. List of paraphrases for "strange":

   odd, weird, bizarre, curious, peculiar, funny, ghraib, surprising, unusual, ghareb, gharib, freaky, uncanny, awkward, -weird, strange-looking, alien, remarkable, extraneous, unfamiliar, eerie, extraordinary, paradoxical

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1. William Shakespeare:

   Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

2. HP Lovecraft, Quoting the Necronomicon, in The Nameless City:

   That is not dead which can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die.

3. Marcel Archard:

   The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.

4. Soichi Taguchi:

   Restricting home rental due to vague concerns that foreigners are unsafe or that it is a strange practice goes against the concept of the new law.

5. Dmitry Peskov:

   It would certainly would be quite strange if a country -- a world superpower that spends more money on defense than all the rest of the countries of the world -- was not involved in such projects, that is why is this is not new information.