strangers

nounperson who is unfamiliar

Synonyms for strangers

noun person who is unfamiliar

Antonyms for strangers

Word Origin & History

late 13c., "from elsewhere, foreign, unknown, unfamiliar," from Old French estrange (French étrange) "foreign, alien," from Latin extraneus "foreign, external," from extra "outside of" (see extra). Sense of "queer, surprising" is attested from late 14c. Stranger, attested from late 14c., never picked up the secondary sense of the adjective. As a form of address to an unknown person, it is recorded from 1817, American English rural colloquial. Meaning "one who has stopped visiting" is recorded from 1520s.

Example Sentences for strangers

Look at him now over there, the way he goes around butting into strangers.

He could even look through a crack and see the faces of the strangers.

Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities.

No; with some strangers at the hotel where I have hung out for the last night or two.

But here are three strangers, and one, as I take it, a soldier fresh from service.

I cried, 'do you keep your money in a room given up to strangers?'

The gods of the strangers were strong gods, he said, let the people wait and see what they could do.

The Caciques did not know it, but killing the strangers or losing them had been only a part of his plan.

By these tokens the safari men knew the strangers to be messengers.

And, once in a while, the strangers seemed to taste something that they did not like.