stranger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.4.5 See also 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old French estrangier (“‘foreign, alien’”), from Latin extraneus (“‘foreign, external’”), from extra (“‘outside of’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /'streɪndʒər/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

stranger

1. Comparative form of strange: more strange.
   • Truth is stranger than fiction (English proverb)

[edit] Derived terms

• See strange

[edit] Noun

stranger (plural strangers)

1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
2. An outsider or foreigner
   • 1961, Robert Heinlein: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
3. A newcomer.

[edit] Synonyms

• (person whom one does not know):
• (outsider, foreigner): alien, foreigner, foreign national, non-national/nonnational, non-resident/nonresident, outsider
• (newcomer): newbie, newcomer

[edit] Antonyms

• (person whom one does not know): acquaintance, friend
• (outsider, foreigner): compatriot, coutryman, fellow citizen, fellow countryman, national, one of us, resident
• (newcomer):

[edit] Derived terms

• be no stranger to
• don't be a stranger
• howdie stranger
• stranger danger

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• myall

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegnrrst
• granters