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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

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 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.

    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.

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 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"

    Synonyms:
    foreign, unusual, unknown

    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, 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, unknown, unusual, alien

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

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Synonymes0.0 / 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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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3929strange
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#11656abnormal
#12170hostile
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#13600singular
#14075uncommon
#14638queer
#15258conflicting
#15415peculiar
#16852unidentified
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#22335contradictory
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#31754nameless
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#36762extraneous
#43073paradoxical
#44761unsung
#52578unconnected
#109233impertinent
#134565gharib
#242521fremd

How to use strange in a sentence?

  1. Ken Matthews:

    It was a strange time to have stepped into the Rush Rush Limbaugh slot because of what has happened.

  2. Cristina Baker:

    I just figured why not? i remembered I walked into this room and all of a sudden, these people started putting their hands on my shoulders. I thought it was strange. I certainly never experienced that before. The pastor then reads to me this Scripture from the bible and then says, ‘Would you like to receive the Lord into your heart?’.

  3. Beau Biden:

    I’m not committing not to run. I’m not committing to anything. I learned a long time ago, fate has a strange way of intervening.

  4. Ashraf Samir:

    In the beginning, people thought it was very strange, but they've gotten used to it, you get to breathe clean air, you get to run far away from any chaos or traffic, and you get to know nice people at the same time.

  5. Melissa McCarthy:

    Seventy percent of women in the United States are a size 14 or above, and that's technically 'plus-size,' so you're taking your biggest category of people and telling them, 'You're not really worthy.' I find that very strange, i also find it very bad business. It doesn't make a lot of sense numbers-wise. It's like, if you open a restaurant and you say, 'We're primarily gonna serve people that don't eat.'.


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