Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "stranger" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

acquaintance acquaintance compatriot family friend known known person person

Typical Location

anyplace but home bus station city crowd every city in america paradise park store street town traffic train station

Capable Of

trip in dark

Derived Terms

be no stranger to don't be a stranger familiar stranger perfect stranger stranger crime stranger danger stranger in the night stranger things have happened

Derived From

strange

Distinct From

friend known

Etymologically Related To

estrange

Inflected/Variant Forms

strange

Has Part

never met before

Context

humorous legal

Has Property

fearsome

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor doer interloper intruder trespasser worker

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

alien foreign national foreigner non-national non-resident nonnational nonresident outcast outsider

Type Of (IsA)

being book foreign thing intruder person unknown factor

Not Capable Of

know

Related Terms

myall

Related Terms

acquaintance alienate estrange foreigner friend myall newcomer outsider person places public public places strange unfamiliar unfamiliar person unknown unknown person

Synonym Network

alien newbie

Used For

act as witness avoiding being included fear finding out information from give unbiased opinion greeting meeting

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.