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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Strangers gather in a riverside fire shelter and brew coffee the old way.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Among the standout entries in the official competition was "We Are All Strangers" by Anthony Chen.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Among the precursors of the two-part documentary “Wild Boys: Strangers in Town” is Francois Truffaut’s “The Wild Child” of 1970, the dramatized story of Victor of Aveyron, the celebrated feral enfant of late 1700s France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Strangers stop me in the street and say 'hiya Les' and it feels good.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Strangers cheer the Grants’ open-air carriage on its way to the Willard Hotel, on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly