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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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Gregory Bailey's son Kevorn, 26, has not been seen since he received a phone call from an unknown person who he apparently left his home to meet in August 2022.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

She transferred at the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station and was seen in video footage leaving the Pico station with an unknown person.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Conservative MP William Wragg admitted he was coerced into giving other MPs' phone numbers to an as-yet unknown person on a gay dating app.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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

“Okay, Joe,” he whispered, as if he could talk to the unknown person he’d heard his mother argue with on the phone in the middle of the night, right before she went away.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix