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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1. Kahlil Gibran:

   Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

2. Georgia State student Latonya Young:

   Literally I was blown away, a stranger has never done that -- or done anything like that -- for me.

3. Edward Sabatini:

   They took the time to find me and went through all this trouble just for a stranger, they gave me medicine from their own supply, and I told them they'll need it down the road. But they said,' No, I have a 90-day supply, I'll worry about this three months from now. Right now, I'm worried about you.'.

4. Evelyn Waugh:

   If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.

5. Germaine Greer:

   Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.