stranger

noun/ˈstreɪndʒər/

Frequency rank: #2,908 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A person you do not know.

Illustration for the English word “stranger”

Example sentence

On my way home, the stranger asked me for directions.

Synonyms & related words

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