Synonyms for stranger
ˈstreɪn dʒərstran·ger

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. strangernoun

   A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

   Synonyms:
   outsider, alien, foreign national, non-national, foreigner, non-resident, nonresident, nonnational

   Antonyms:
   countryman, one of us, citizen, resident, fellow, coutryman, acquaintance, compatriot, national, friend

2. strangernoun

   A newcomer.

   Synonyms:
   newcomer, newbie

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. strangernoun

   A naturalized citizen is not an alien, though a foreigner by birth, and perhaps a stranger in the place where he resides. A person of foreign birth not naturalized is an alien, though he may have been resident in the country a large part of a lifetime, and ceased to be a stranger to its people or institutions. He is an alien in one country if his allegiance is to another. The people of any country still residing in their own land are, strictly speaking, foreigners to the people of all other countries, rather than aliens; but alien and foreigner are often used synonymously.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, foreigner

   Antonyms:
   citizen, countryman, fellow-countryman, native, native-born inhabitant, naturalized person

   Preposition:
   Aliens to (more rarely from) our nation and laws; aliens in our land, among our people.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stranger

   Synonyms:
   foreigner, alien

   Antonyms:
   countryman, acquaintance, friend

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. stranger, alien, unknownnoun

   anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

   Synonyms:
   unknown region, extraterrestrial, unknown, terra incognita, unknown quantity, alien, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being, foreigner

   Antonyms:
   acquaintance, friend

2. strangernoun

   an individual that one is not acquainted with

   Synonyms:
   unknown, alien

   Antonyms:
   acquaintance, friend

Matched Categories

1. • Intruder
   • Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strangernoun

   Synonyms:
   foreigner, alien

2. strangernoun

   Synonyms:
   guest, visitor

3. strangeradjective

   Synonyms:
   foreign, alien

4. strangeradjective

   Synonyms:
   unacquainted, unknown

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "stranger":

   unknown, foreign, inconnu, alien, foreigner, étranger, 'étranger, outlander, outsider

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How to use stranger in a sentence?

1. Unknown:

   Sometimes it takes a Stranger to Understand you

2. Todd Spitzer:

   We as a community spoke on behalf of the victim today, the 3-year-old child, if it was a stranger, the mom would have thrown the book at the guy. The family cares about the perpetrator. It's a family member.

3. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass:

   Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

4. White House:

   I do have the experience of feeling like a stranger in my own country, turning on the news and seeing my own rights coming up for debate.

5. Swordfish:

   Gabriel Well...life is stranger than fiction sometimes.