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strange

/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/adjective1 syllable

Strange means: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.

Synonyms for strange51

adjective, as in being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

unusual, antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque, crazy, curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
and 9 more, eerie, eery, exotic, freaky, gothic, oddish, other, quaint, weird

adjective, as in relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

foreign, adventive, alien, exotic, nonnative, established, naturalized, foreign-born, imported, tramontane, unnaturalized, unnaturalised

adjective, as in not known before

unknown, unfamiliar

also used for strange

new, ignote, knownless, obscure, unascertained, unapprehended, undiscovered, aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky, deviant, discrepant

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of strange

familiar

What does strange mean?3

adjective

1

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird“a strange exaltation that was indefinable”

2

relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world“foreign nations”

3

not known before“used many strange words”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with strange?7

one syllable

changerangegrange

two syllables

exchangearrange

three syllables

interchangerearrange
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Strange in a sentence

  • Susie sat up until midnight, when she heard a strange noise.unknown
  • This story may sound strange, but it's absolutely true.CK
  • All this may sound strange, but it is true.CM
  • I met an old friend, and what was more strange, my former teacher.unknown
  • Strange to say, the figure went out of sight suddenly.Whiskkebarr
  • It may sound strange, but what she said is true.CK
  • Strange as it may sound, this is true.CK
  • It may sound strange, but what he said is true.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of strange

as a adjective

comparative
stranger
superlative
strangest