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strangers

NOUN

person who is unfamiliar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien foreigner guest immigrant intruder newcomer outsider visitor

STRONG

drifter interloper migrant outlander squatter transient unknown wanderer

WEAK

foreign body incomer itinerant person migratory worker new arrival out-of-stater outcomer party crasher perfect stranger uninvited person unknown person

Antonyms

STRONGEST

citizen local national native

WEAK

acquaintance friend

Example Sentences

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A sluggish residential real-estate market has driven desperate homeowners to ask strangers on the internet for their input.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Within hours, strangers began demanding he revise the story to claim the impact had come from intercepted missile fragments rather than a warhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

It’s a place where people pause to chat up strangers on oak-and-magnolia-draped streets, a place where boutiques sell smocked baby dresses and shirts with phrases such as “Pearls Are Always Appropriate.”

From Slate • May 4, 2026

DeReiss, who described the women as "hilarious", said he hopes the story encourages people to strike up conversations with strangers.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Because we didn’t use real names with strangers in our chat.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows