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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Still, a strange, viral Facebook post in 2025 caused a distraction.

From Los Angeles Times

His entries read like a strange hybrid of laboratory report and poetic comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a little bit more strange than that.

From BBC

And as strange as it might sound for the Bears to play in Indiana, it wouldn’t really be any different than the New York Jets and Giants actually playing their home games in New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Iranian negotiators are very different and strange,” the president said through a post on his Truth Social network.

From Barron's

strange

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