strange

[streynj] / streɪndʒ /

ADJECTIVE

deviating, unfamiliar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astonishing bizarre curious different extraordinary fantastic funny new odd offbeat outlandish peculiar rare remarkable unusual weird wonderful

STRONG

eldritch

WEAK

aberrant abnormal astounding atypical eccentric erratic exceptional far-out idiosyncratic ignorant inexperienced irregular marvelous mystifying newfangled oddball off out-of-the-way perplexing quaint singular unaccountable unaccustomed uncanny uncommon unheard of unseasoned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad common commonplace conventional customary expected familiar like normal ordinary poor regular similar standard typical usual

WEAK

native

ADJECTIVE

exotic, foreign

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien awkward new romantic unfamiliar

WEAK

apart detached external faraway irrelevant isolated lost novel out of place outside remote romanesque unexplored unknown unrelated untried

Antonyms

STRONGEST

usual

WEAK

common familiar native normal regular standard

Example Sentences

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Then, three months after the two women first met, things took a strange turn.

From BBC

These strange formations have puzzled researchers for more than a decade.

From Science Daily

"The real experience comes when we can influence a community to congregate in a strange, dark space," Spielberg said.

From Barron's

Scrapping a show because he's sleepy is a new excuse, but it's not the strangest in rock history.

From BBC

"It's almost like somebody had given me a new brain, it was really strange, nothing made sense, I didn't feel like me," said Lauren.

From BBC