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strange
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- pronunciation:
- streInj
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
stranger, strangest |
| definition 1: |
When something is strange, it is unusual or odd.
Grace was scared because she heard a strange noise coming from the basement.Leah thought it was strange that her dog didn't bark when the mail truck came.The strange shadow on the floor of Bill's room was from the branch outside his window.- synonyms:
- curious, funny, odd, peculiar, unusual, weird
- antonyms:
- normal, ordinary, typical, usual
- similar words:
- alien, fantastic
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| definition 2: |
A strange place is a place you have never been to before. When someone is strange to you, it means that you do not know them. You have never seen them or met them before.
Megan likes her friends' dogs, but she was afraid when the strange dog ran up to her.My grandfather says he doesn't want to stay at a hotel because he doesn't like to sleep in a strange bed.- synonyms:
- foreign, unfamiliar, unknown
- antonyms:
- familiar
- similar words:
- alien, new
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| related words: |
extraordinary |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
stranger, strangest |
| definition: |
When someone acts strange, they act in an unusual way.
John was acting strange this morning, so I wondered what was wrong with him.- synonyms:
- oddly, peculiarly, unusually
- antonyms:
- normally
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| derivations: |
strangely (adv.), strangeness (n.) |
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