Strange

//stɹeɪnd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "strange" (384 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (77)

Noun(3 words)
boxbuttonholecrack

Strong matches (115)

Adjective(1 words)
foreign

Related words (192)

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Adjective(2 words)
unknownunusual

How these synonyms differ

  • bizarre - 'Bizarre' is strangeness pushed to an extreme, so far from normal that it defies ready explanation.
  • odd - 'Odd' is gentler and more understated, slightly off-center, mildly surprising. An odd sock, an odd habit, an odd coincidence.
  • peculiar - 'Peculiar' suggests something individually distinctive, odd in a way that belongs uniquely to that person or thing. It can be almost charming.
  • uncanny - 'Uncanny' is strangeness that unsettles because it's almost but not quite familiar. The word carries a faint shiver of the supernatural.
  • weird - 'Weird' is more informal and can carry a stronger negative charge. Calling something strange is an observation; calling it weird is closer to a judgment.

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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has context

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similar

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Translations

328 translations across 109 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • raar adj (not normal)
  • vreemd adj (not normal)

Akkadian

2 entries
  • 𒀀𒄷𒌝 adj (not normal)
  • 𒀀𒄷𒌝 adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Albanian

1 entries
  • i çuditshëm adj (not normal)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ልዩ adj (not normal)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • παράδοξος adj (not normal)
  • ἄτοπος adj (not normal)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَجْنَبِيّ adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • عجيب adj (not normal)
  • عجيب adj (not normal)
  • عَجِيب adj (not normal)

Armenian

2 entries
  • տարօրինակ adj (not normal)
  • օտար adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Assamese

2 entries
  • আচহুৱা adj (not normal)
  • আচৰিত adj (not normal)

Asturian

3 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • estrañu adj (not normal)
  • raru adj (not normal)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qəribə adj (not normal)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • сәйер adj (not normal)
  • ғәжәп adj (not normal)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • дзі́ўны adj (not normal)
  • заме́жны adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • незнаёмы adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • чужы́ adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অদ্ভুত adj (not normal)

Breton

1 entries
  • iskis adj (not normal)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • непознат adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • стра́нен adj (not normal)
  • чужд adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • чужд adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Catalan

2 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • estrany adj (not normal)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • سەیر adj (not normal)
  • عەنتیکە adj (not normal)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏎᎩ adj (not normal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 奇怪 adj (not normal)
  • 陌生 adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Cimbrian

2 entries
  • brömade adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • vrömade adj (not normal)

Corsican

1 entries
  • stranu adj (not normal)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • hucur adj (not normal)

Czech

4 entries
  • cizí adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • cizí adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • divný adj (not normal)
  • neznámý adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Danish

4 entries
  • besynderlig adj (not normal)
  • ejendommelig adj (not normal)
  • finurlig adj (not normal)
  • kuriøs adj (not normal)

Dutch

4 entries
  • buitenlands adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • onbekend adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • raar adj (not normal)
  • strange adj (in quantum mechanics)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • x:p-p:Y1 adj (not normal)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • underlin adj (not normal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • stranga adj (not normal)

Estonian

2 entries
  • imelik adj (not normal)
  • veider adj (not normal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • løgin adj (not normal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ihmeellinen adj (not normal)
  • kummallinen adj (not normal)
  • outo adj (not normal)
  • outo adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

French

4 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • inconnu adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • étrange adj (not normal)
  • étranger adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Friulian

2 entries
  • stramp adj (not normal)
  • strani adj (not normal)

Galician

4 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • descoñecido adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • estranxeiro adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • estraño adj (not normal)

Georgian

3 entries
  • საოცარი adj (not normal)
  • უცნაური adj (not normal)
  • უცხო adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

German

4 entries
  • ausländisch adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • fremd adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • fremd adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • komisch adj (not normal)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 adj (not normal)

Greek

4 entries
  • αλλόκοτος adj (not normal)
  • παράδοξος adj (not normal)
  • παράξενος adj (not normal)
  • περίεργος adj (not normal)

Hawaiian

3 entries
  • haʻohaʻo adj (not normal)
  • hilu adj (not normal)
  • ʻē adj (not normal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מוּזָר adj (not normal)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अजीब adj (not normal)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • furcsa adj (not normal)
  • idegen adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • ismeretlen adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • különleges adj (not normal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skrýtinn adj (not normal)

Ido

1 entries
  • stranja adj (not normal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • aneh adj (not normal)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • muudra adj (not normal)
  • vastumain adj (not normal)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • estranie adj (not normal)

Irish

4 entries
  • aduain adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • aisteach adj (not normal)
  • ait adj (not normal)
  • coimhthíoch adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Italian

3 entries
  • anormale adj (not normal)
  • strano adj (not normal)
  • strano adj (in quantum mechanics)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 変 adj (not normal)
  • 奇妙 adj (not normal)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • біртүрлі adj (not normal)
  • бөгде adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • оғаш adj (not normal)
  • әпенді adj (not normal)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ចំឡែក adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • ប្លែក adj (not normal)

Korean

4 entries
  • 경험이 없다 adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • 낯설다 adj (not normal)
  • 이국적인 adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • 이상하다 adj (not normal)

Lakota

1 entries
  • tȟókeča adj (not normal)

Latin

2 entries
  • extraneus adj (not normal)
  • ignōtus adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Latvian

3 entries
  • dīvains adj (not normal)
  • svešs adj (not normal)
  • svešāds adj (not normal)

Leonese

1 entries
  • estrañu adj (not normal)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • stranu adj (not normal)

Limburgish

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  • vraemb adj (not normal)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • keista adj (not normal)
  • keistas adj (not normal)
  • nepažįstama adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • nepažįstamas adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Livonian

1 entries
  • vȭrõz adj (not normal)

Lombard

2 entries
  • strani adj (not normal)
  • strania adj (not normal)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • cuzy adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Luxembourgish

4 entries
  • droleg adj (not normal)
  • gelungen adj (not normal)
  • komesch adj (not normal)
  • koppeg adj (not normal)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • необичен adj (not normal)
  • чуден adj (not normal)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • hafahafa adj (not normal)

Malay

4 entries
  • aneh adj (not normal)
  • ganjil adj (not normal)
  • gharib adj (not normal)
  • pelik adj (not normal)

Manx

1 entries
  • joarree adj (not normal)

Marathi

1 entries
  • विचित्र adj (not normal)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • stranho adj (not normal)

Māori

3 entries
  • rerekē adj (not normal)
  • tipua adj (not normal)
  • tupua adj (not normal)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • ecêb adj (not normal)
  • mat adj (not normal)
  • seyr adj (not normal)
  • sosret adj (not normal)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • merkelig adj (not normal)
  • rar adj (not normal)
  • selsom adj (not normal)
  • sær adj (not normal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • uvant adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Occitan

2 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • estranh adj (not normal)

Old Czech

2 entries
  • cuzí adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • cuzí adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Old English

2 entries
  • fremde adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • seldcūþ adj (not normal)

Old Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਬੇਗਾਨਾ adj (not normal)

Persian

2 entries
  • عجیب adj (not normal)
  • عجیب و غریب adj (not normal)

Piedmontese

3 entries
  • curios adj (not normal)
  • dròlo adj (not normal)
  • stran adj (not normal)

Plautdietsch

4 entries
  • framd adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • onbekaunt adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • schnoopich adj (not normal)
  • sondaboa adj (not normal)

Polish

4 entries
  • cudaczny adj (not normal)
  • dziwny adj (not normal)
  • dziwny adj (in quantum mechanics)
  • nienormalny adj (not normal)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • curioso adj (not normal)
  • desconhecido adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • esquisito adj (not normal)

Romanian

4 entries
  • ciudat adj (not normal)
  • nenatural adj (not normal)
  • neobișnuit adj (not normal)
  • straniu adj (not normal)

Russian

4 entries
  • иностра́нный adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • незнако́мый adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • необы́чный adj (not normal)
  • стра́нный adj (not normal)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • annasach adj (not normal)
  • coimheach adj (not normal)
  • coimheach adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • neònach adj (not normal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • inozeman adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • neobičan adj (not normal)
  • stran adj (not normal)
  • stran adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Slovak

4 entries
  • cudzí adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • cudzí adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • divný adj (not normal)
  • neznámy adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Slovene

1 entries
  • čuden adj (not normal)

Spanish

4 entries
  • anormal adj (not normal)
  • bizarro adj (not normal)
  • cuático adj (not normal)
  • desconocido adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Swahili

1 entries
  • geni adj (not normal)

Swedish

4 entries
  • besynnerlig adj (not normal)
  • egendomlig adj (not normal)
  • främmande adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • konstig adj (not normal)

Tamil

1 entries
  • விசித்திரமான adj (not normal)

Telugu

3 entries
  • వింత adj (not normal)
  • వింత adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • విచిత్రమైన adj (not normal)

Thai

2 entries
  • ประหลาด adj (not normal)
  • แปลก adj (not normal)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ዘይልሙድ adj (not normal)
  • ዘደንጹ adj (not normal)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • alletstse adj (not normal)
  • alletstse adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Turkish

4 entries
  • garip adj (not normal)
  • tuhaf adj (not normal)
  • yabancı adj (belonging to another country, foreign)
  • yadırgatıcı adj (not normal)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ди́вний adj (not normal)
  • незнайо́мий adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • чужи́й adj (not yet part of one’s experience)
  • чужи́й adj (belonging to another country, foreign)

Unami

2 entries
  • chipamàlsi adj (not normal)
  • wëlelëmi adj (not normal)

Urdu

1 entries
  • عجیب adj (not normal)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • g’alati adj (not normal)

Venetan

2 entries
  • stranbo adj (not normal)
  • stranio adj (not normal)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • lạ adj (not normal)
  • lạ lùng adj (not normal)
  • xa lạ adj (not yet part of one’s experience)

Volapük

1 entries
  • bisarik adj (not normal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhyfedd adj (not normal)

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • bjuster adj (not normal)
  • frjemd adj (not normal)
  • nuver adj (not normal)

Yakut

2 entries
  • дьиибэ adj (not normal)
  • дьикти adj (not normal)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • מאָדנע adj (not normal)
  • משונה adj (not normal)
  • משונהדיק adj (not normal)
  • פֿרעמד adj (not normal)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sometimes he can be a strange guy.

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It is strange that you should fail.

Source: tatoeba (17818)

It's strange you say that.

Source: tatoeba (17983)

I saw something strange in the sky.

Source: tatoeba (18308)

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