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strange
Overview of adj strange
The adj strange has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (42) strange, unusual -- (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has")
2. (15) strange, unknown -- (not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house")
3. foreign, strange -- (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city")
Grep of noun strange
strange attractor
strange particle
strange quark
strangeness
stranger
Grep of verb strange
estrange
Antonyms of adj strange
3 senses of strange
Sense 1
strange (vs. familiar), unusual
familiar (vs. strange)
=> common, usual
=> common or garden
=> everyday
Sense 2
strange, unknown
INDIRECT (VIA unfamiliar) -> familiar
Sense 3
foreign (vs. native), strange
Similarity of adj strange
3 senses of strange
Sense 1
strange (vs. familiar), unusual
=> antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
=> crazy
=> curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
=> eerie, eery
=> exotic
=> freaky
=> gothic
=> oddish
=> other
=> quaint
=> quaint
=> weird
Sense 2
strange, unknown
=> unfamiliar (vs. familiar)
Sense 3
foreign (vs. native), strange
=> adventive
=> alien, exotic
=> nonnative
=> established, naturalized
=> foreign-born, nonnative
=> imported
=> tramontane
=> unnaturalized, unnaturalised
Pertainyms of adj strange
Attributes of adj strange
1 of 3 senses of strange
Sense 3
foreign (vs. native), strange
=> foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
=> unfamiliarity, strangeness
Domain of adj strange
Domain Terms of adj strange
Familiarity of adj strange
strange used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj strange
strange
Grep of adv strange
strangely
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