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unknown person

NOUN
stranger
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
Antonyms
STRONGEST
citizen local national native
WEAK
acquaintance friend

Example Sentences

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In a park on the lakefront there used to be a statue representing Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the unknown person or persons who claim to have invented the crypto currency back in 2008.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Gold jewellery, silver ingots and hundreds of coins were buried by an unknown person, most likely a member of a retreating Viking army.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

Kobayashi communicated with her family via text until Nov. 11, when her family said Kobayashi was seen leaving LAX and ended up at the Pico Metro station downtown with an unknown person.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

As long as he didn’t literally yell at a cloud that he confused with an unknown person from his past named Josephine, he would surpass expectations.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2024

That unknown person probably stood in line for an injection just ahead of the schoolteacher.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston