Related Searches
on Ask.com
stranger - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | stranger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | alien, drifter, foreigner, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, migrant, newcomer, outsider, squatter, transient, unknown, visitor, wanderer, foreign body, incomer, itinerant person, migratory worker, new arrival, out-of-stater, outcomer, outlander, party crasher, perfect stranger, uninvited person, unknown person |
| Antonyms: | acquaintance, friend, local, native |
| Main Entry: | strange |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating, unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, astonishing, astounding, atypical, bizarre, curious, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out*, funny, idiosyncratic, ignorant, inexperienced, irregular, marvelous, new, newfangled*, odd, oddball*, off, offbeat*, out-of-the-way*, outlandish, peculiar, perplexing, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, unaccountable, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncommon, unseasoned, unusual, weird, wonderful, mystifying, unheard of |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, regular, standard, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strange |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exotic, foreign |
| Synonyms: | alien, apart, awkward, detached, external, faraway, irrelevant, isolated, lost, new, novel, outside, remote, romantic, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unrelated, untried, out of place, romanesque |
| Antonyms: | common, native |
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foreign being |
| Synonyms: | foreigner, greenhorn*, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, invader, migrant, newcomer, outsider, refugee, settler, squatter, stranger, visitor, blow in*, floater, incomer, noncitizen, weed* |
| Antonyms: | citizen, national, native, settler, countryman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foreigner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from another country |
| Synonyms: | alien, greenhorn*, immigrant, newcomer, outsider, stranger, fresh off the boat, incomer, outlander |
| Antonyms: | citizen, local, national, native |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | newcomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has just arrived in area |
| Synonyms: | alien, arrival, beginner, colt*, foreigner, greenhorn*, immigrant, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block*, novice, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot*, Johnny-come-lately, blow-in, incomer, late arrival, latecomer, novitiate |
| Antonyms: | native, old hack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outsider |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is foreign to something |
| Synonyms: | alien, foreigner, interloper, intruder, newcomer, refugee, stranger, floater, incomer, odd one out, outlander |
| Antonyms: | insider |
| Main Entry: | tourist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who visits a place |
| Synonyms: | globetrotter, rubberneck*, sightseer, stranger, traveler, visitor, wayfarer, day-tripper, excursionist, jet-setter, journeyer, tripper, vacationist, voyager |
| Antonyms: | inhabitant, local, native |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aberrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not normal; varying from the usual |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, different, flaky*, mental*, odd, off-color, peculiar, psycho, strange, unusual, weird, nonstandard, off-base, out of line |
| Antonyms: | normal, same, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abnormal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different from standard or norm |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, deviate, deviating, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, funny, gross, heterodox, irregular, odd, off-color, peculiar, preternatural, queer, screwy*, strange, uncommon, unexpected, unnatural, unorthodox, unusual, weird, anomalistic, grody, heteroclite, heteromorphic, off-base, out of line, spastic |
| Notes: | abnormal means 'not normal, different from normal' while subnormal means 'below normal' |
| Antonyms: | customary, normal, standard, straight, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anomalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating from normal, usual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, exceptional, foreign, incongruous, inconsistent, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, prodigious, rare, strange, unnatural, unorthodox, untypical, unusual, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | atypical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonconforming |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, different, divergent, exceptional, irregular, odd, peculiar, preternatural, strange, unnatural, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | conforming, normal, ordinary, standard, typical, usual |
| Main Entry: | crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic, fantastic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, bizarre, cockeyed, eccentric, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, goofy*, half-baked*, harebrained*, idiotic, impracticable, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, insane, irresponsible, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, odd, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, puerile, quixotic, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, strange, weird, wild, beyond all reason, derisory, ill-conceived, out of all reason, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | realistic, reasonable, sensible, believeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cryptic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret; obscure in meaning |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, vague, veiled, Delphian, Delphic, mystifying, uninformative |
| Antonyms: | clear, obvious, plain, straightforward, seen |
| Main Entry: | curious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very odd |
| Synonyms: | bizarre, exotic, extraordinary, marvelous, mysterious, novel, oddball, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, strange, unconventional, unexpected, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | average, normal, ordinary, usual |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separate, distinct |
| Synonyms: | another, atypical, bizarre, discrete, diverse, especial, express, extraordinary, individual, novel, original, other, out of the ordinary, particular, peculiar, rare, several, singular, special, specialized, specific, startling, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unique, unusual, various, another story, something else |
| Antonyms: | conventional, correspondent, harmonious, normal, same, standard, unified, united |
| Main Entry: | dotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, daft, demented, disturbed, eccentric, foolish, goofy*, loony*, nuts*, nutty, odd, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, twisted, unconventional, weird, mentally unbalanced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eccentric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, unusual |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, beat*, bent*, bizarre, capricious, characteristic, cockeyed, crazy, curious, droll, erratic, far out, flaky, freak, freakish, funky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, nutty, odd, oddball, off the wall, off-center, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, way out, weird, whimsical, wild, kooky, out in left field |
| Antonyms: | boring, common, dull, normal, ordinary, plain, regular, standard, unexciting, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eerie |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spooky |
| Synonyms: | awesome, bizarre, creepy, fantastic, fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary, spectral, strange, supernatural, superstitious, uncanny, unearthly, weird, crawly |
| Antonyms: | funny, normal, ordinary, silly |
| Main Entry: | erratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpredictable; wandering |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, changeable, desultory, devious, dicey, dubious, eccentric, fitful, flaky*, idiosyncratic, iffy*, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, meandering, mercurial, nomadic, oddball*, peculiar, planetary, rambling, roving, spasmodic, strange, stray, uncertain, unnatural, unreliable, unstable, unusual, variable, volatile, wayward, weird, whimsical, directionless, fluctuant, shifting, undirected, vagarious |
| Antonyms: | certain, consistent, definite, dependable, predictable, regular, reliable, steady, sure, unchanging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
