as in foreigners
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the people of the island are quick to make strangers feel at home
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Recent Examples of strangers
Two, three, four times a year, strangers would come up to Serna at meets, at social functions, in sports bars and bring up that June 1975 day.
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Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
The women's story — going from complete strangers to intergenerational friends — had caught the attention of Hilton and Delta who promised to help get them to their destination.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Bandy and Humphrey are no strangers to starting the season on a practice squad and eventually seeing time on the 53-man roster.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Supporters who had waited two decades for this moment were in tears in the stands, strangers embraced in the streets, and social media lit up across time zones.
—Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
And we are also used to the debate surrounding just how much strangers should be expected to tolerate kids in public spaces.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 29 May 2026
Tegan & Sara are also no strangers to TV, having adapted their best-selling memoir into the Amazon Freevee show High School in 2022.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 28 May 2026
The Evangelistas are no strangers to analyzing cases.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
My younger sister, who is divorced, has raised two sons who are now young adults but strangers to me.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
The women's story — going from complete strangers to intergenerational friends — had caught the attention of Hilton and Delta who promised to help get them to their destination.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Bandy and Humphrey are no strangers to starting the season on a practice squad and eventually seeing time on the 53-man roster.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Supporters who had waited two decades for this moment were in tears in the stands, strangers embraced in the streets, and social media lit up across time zones.
—Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
And we are also used to the debate surrounding just how much strangers should be expected to tolerate kids in public spaces.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 29 May 2026
Tegan & Sara are also no strangers to TV, having adapted their best-selling memoir into the Amazon Freevee show High School in 2022.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 28 May 2026
The Evangelistas are no strangers to analyzing cases.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
My younger sister, who is divorced, has raised two sons who are now young adults but strangers to me.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangers
Noun
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Like Guadalajara, Monterrey’s high-level crimes are not expected to have much of an impact on foreigners, who could still be targeted by street-level crimes and scams.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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That decade, Serie A loosened its prohibition on foreigners, setting quotas that allowed three foreign players per club by 1988.—
Albert Samaha,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Once again, we’re shown Blunt’s character being hijacked by aliens mid-weather report, uttering an alien language of clicks and pops.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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“Strangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangers. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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