Sometimes he can be a strange guy.
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Strange
/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
Synonyms for "strange" (341 found)
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Strong matches (102)
Adjective(18 words)
exoticexteriorexternalextraneousextraordinaryextraterrestrialextrinsicfabulousfantasticfantasticalfascinatingfeyfishyflakyflightyforeignforeign-bornfreaked outfreakishfreaky
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Adjective(10 words)
Noun(4 words)
more foreignmore oddmost foreignmost odd
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Adjective(22 words)
Noun(3 words)
oddballof unsound mindoffoff the walloffbeatordinaryoriginalotheroutout-of-the-wayoutlandoutlandishoutreoutsideoverseaspalepassing strangepeculiarphenomenalprodigious
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propheticpsychopuzzlingquaintqueerquirkyrarereasonlessremarkableremovedromanesqueromanticrumrummyscrewballscrewysealedsegregatesensationalsenselessseparateseparatedsicksingularspecialspectacularstaggeringstark-madstark-staring madstrikingstupendoussurprisingtetchedtouchedtwistedulteriorunaccountableunaccustomedunaffiliatedunalliedunapparentunapprehendedunascertainedunassociatedunbalancedunbeknownuncannyunchartedunclassifieduncommonunconnectedunconventionaluncouthundisclosedundiscoverableundiscoveredundivulgedunearthlyunexplainedunexploredunexposedunfamiliarunfathomedunheardunheard ofunheard-ofunhingedunidentifiedunimaginableuninvestigateduniqueunknowableunknownunnaturalunperceivedunplumbedunprecedentedunrelatableunrelatedunrevealedunsaneunsettledunsoundunsuspecteduntouchedunusualvirginwackywanderingweirdwhimsicalwitlesswonderfulwondrouswondrous strange
Adjective(29 words)
Verb(1 words)
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.
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11 entriesstrange behaviorstrange coincidencestrange colorstrange feelingstrange ideastrange noisestrange occurrencestrange phenomenonstrange resultstrange situationstrange smell
Inflections
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Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
It is strange that you should fail.
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It's strange you say that.
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I saw something strange in the sky.
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