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 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.

   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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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"

   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

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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. Jadwiga Olszewska:

   Someone shouted: 'Drop to the ground' and I dropped, but suddenly I felt strange warmth and pain. My arm was lying on my belly in a strange position and I had a wound in my belly, i thought I was dying.

2. Raisat Suleimanov:

   She was wearing hijab, black scarf. It was strange for us to see our aunt like that. When she lived here she dressed very well. She wore gold and diamonds. This dramatic change, it was very strange to see her covered all over.

3. Brigham Young:

   Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all This is a miracle and that no more.

4. Thomas Hardy:

   Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.

5. Erich Fromm:

   We all dream we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.