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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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“From family and friends to fans and complete strangers, thank you for showing up for us. Thank you for loving our family so well,” their post concluded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

She says they were pitched as giving single people "access to a virtually infinite pool of strangers" and sparing them "from the possibility of rejection".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

A year and a half out, it seems a million years away, and I dread the day we pass each other somewhere in the city we both still live in and pretend to be strangers.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Call-center gigs got people into corporate offices and taught valuable soft skills like solving problems and talking to strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But something about the whole exchange struck him as weird and fake, like in a soft-drink commercial, where people took one sip and were suddenly dancing and singing and hugging total strangers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix