strange

Meaning of strange

adjective
  1. unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.
    children have some strange ideas
    he's a very strange man
    it is strange how things change
  2. not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien.
    she was lost in a strange country
    a harsh accent that was strange to his ears
  3. denoting or involving a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of - 1/3. Strange quarks have similar properties to down quarks and bottom quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

Middle English: shortening of Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus ‘external, strange’.

Information about strange

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of strange

strange

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • strange is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

strange synonyms

Meaning unusual:

unusual

Meaning unknown:

unknown

Meaning foreign:

foreign

Meaning different to what is usual or expected; strange:

odd

Meaning strange; unusual:

curious

Meaning different to what is normal or expected; strange:

peculiar

Meaning unusual, especially in such a way as to arouse suspicion:

funny

Meaning very strange or unusual:

bizarre

Meaning suggesting something supernatural; unearthly:

weird

Meaning strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way:

uncanny

Meaning strange; odd:

queer

Meaning not expected or regarded as likely to happen:

unexpected

Meaning not known or recognized:

unfamiliar

Meaning deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying:

abnormal

Meaning not representative of a type, group, or class:

atypical

Meaning deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected:

anomalous

Meaning not having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing; uncharacteristic:

untypical

Meaning not the same as another or each other; unlike in nature, form, or quality:

different

Meaning very unusual or remarkable:

extraordinary

Meaning worthy of attention; striking:

remarkable

Meaning causing one to be puzzled; perplexing:

puzzling

Meaning utterly bewildering or perplexing:

mystifying

Meaning difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify:

mysterious

Meaning completely baffling; very puzzling:

perplexing

Meaning impossible to understand; perplexing:

baffling

Meaning unable to be explained:

unaccountable

Meaning unable to be explained or accounted for:

inexplicable

Meaning not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something:

incongruous

Meaning out of the ordinary; unusual:

uncommon

Meaning not even or balanced in shape or arrangement:

irregular

Meaning strange or eccentric in some respect:

singular

Meaning departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour:

deviant

Meaning departing from an accepted standard:

aberrant

Meaning a very unusual and unexpected event or situation:

freak

Meaning very unusual, strange, or unexpected:

freakish

Meaning having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre:

surreal

Meaning causing one to have the idea or impression that someone or something is questionable, dishonest, or dangerous:

suspicious

Meaning hesitating or doubting:

dubious

Meaning likely to be dishonourable or morally suspect:

questionable

Meaning strange and frightening:

eerie

Meaning contrary to the ordinary course of nature; abnormal:

unnatural

Meaning unusual or remarkable:

unco

Meaning arousing feelings of doubt or suspicion:

fishy

Meaning causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease:

creepy

Meaning sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease:

spooky

Meaning an alcoholic spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses:

rum

Meaning bizarre:

bizarro

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange:

eccentric

Meaning not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed:

unconventional

Meaning relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual:

idiosyncratic

Meaning foreign or alien:

outlandish

Meaning unconventional; unusual:

offbeat

Meaning having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits or aspects:

quirky

Meaning attractively unusual or old-fashioned:

quaint

Meaning amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic:

zany

Meaning funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way:

wacky

Meaning very odd, strange, or eccentric:

freaky

Meaning strange or eccentric:

kooky

Meaning involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour:

kinky

Meaning strange; bizarre:

oddball

Meaning eccentric or strange:

cranky

Meaning rather odd or eccentric:

screwy

Meaning mad; insane:

wacko

Meaning an excellent example of a particular type of person or thing:

dilly

Meaning different from a recent previous one:

new

Meaning unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful:

alien

strange antonyms

Meaning with no special or distinctive features; normal:

ordinary

Meaning habitually or typically occurring or done; customary:

usual

Meaning conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected:

normal

Meaning based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed:

conventional

Meaning well known from long or close association:

familiar

Translation of strange

Anagrams of strange

angster, argents, garnets, nagster, Sargent

Words that rhyme with strange

Ange, bange, vendange, leefange, gange, change, counterchange, exchange, gearchange, hange, interchange, interexchange, orphange, preexchange, preinterchange, rechange, reexchange, reinterchange, shortchange, superexchange, transchange, unchange, Bashilange, Falange, Lange, Malange, Phalange, Solange, alange, boomslange, counterflange, flange, interflange, malange, melange, mlange, phalange, schlange, blancmange, mange, synange, loange, Grange, INRange, Lagrange, Orange, Range, SpectrumOrange, arrange, citrange

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