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strange
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- pronunciation:
- streInj
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
stranger, strangest |
definition 1: |
unusual; curious; odd.
a strange fellow- synonyms:
- curious, eccentric, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, singular, unusual, weird
- antonyms:
- normal, ordinary, typical, usual
- similar words:
- aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, atypical, bizarre, fantastic, offbeat, outlandish, quizzical, unconventional
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definition 2: |
unknown or unfamiliar to one's experience or environment; alien.
He likes to visit strange countries.- synonyms:
- foreign, unfamiliar, unknown
- antonyms:
- familiar
- similar words:
- alien, exotic, new, novel, unaccustomed
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related words: |
barbarous, deviate, eerie, external, extraordinary, incongruous, inhuman, marvelous, quaint, queer, uncanny, uncouth |
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part of speech: |
adverb |
inflections: |
stranger, strangest |
definition: |
in a strange or peculiar manner.
He talks strange.- synonyms:
- oddly, peculiarly, unusually
- antonyms:
- normally
- similar words:
- queerly
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derivations: |
strangely (adv.), strangeness (n.) |
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