strange

adj

1. unusual, uncommon, unconventional, unorthodox, uncustomary, unwonted, rare; atypical, original, singular, exceptional, individual; deviate, deviant, aberrant, anomalous, anomalistic, abnormal, irregular; unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented; odd, oddish, peculiar, curious, queer, offbeat, quizzical, cranky, incongruous, Inf. funny, Inf. off-center; quaint, eccentric, idiosyncratic, Inf. quirky, Inf. kinky; droll, comical, laughable, flaky, Sl. wacky, Sl. squirrelly, Sl. buggy, Sl. screwy, Sl. balmy, Chiefly Brit. barmy, Sl. off the wall; weird, bizarre, erratic, freakish, grotesque, Inf. freaky, Sl. rum, Sl. far-out; extraordinary, egregious, remarkable, astonishing, Scot, and North Eng. unco; fantastic, incredible, inconceivable; fey, supernatural, preternatural, out of this world.

2. estranged, alienated, disaffected, separated, separate, apart, segregated, sequestered, shut off; isolated, alone, solitary, insular, lonely, friendless, companionless; nervous, troubled, rattled, discomposed, restless, on edge, constrained, uneasy, ill-at-ease, uncomfortable; lost, overwhelmed, disoriented, confused, bewildered, befuddled, perplexed, puzzled, baffled, nonplused, confounded, mystified.

3. unfamiliar, uncomfortable; remote, distant, far-off; foreign, alien, exotic, tramontane, transmontane, barbarian, Scot. fremd; extraneous, external, exterior, exoteric, ulterior, outside, outland, outlandish.

4. new, fresh, novel, unique, different, dissimilar, disparate, unlike, diverse, divergent; unknown, unheard of, untried, unsuspected, unperceived, unprecedented, never encountered, hitherto unknown; virgin, unspoiled, undiscovered, unexplored.

5. unaccustomed to, inexperienced in or at, unfamiliar with, unacquainted with, a stranger to, a novice at; ignorant, uninformed, unenlightened, uninitiated, unversed; raw, green, rookie, amateurish, unskilled, unpracticed, unseasoned, unconversant, unused to, new to, uninured, unhabituated.

6. aloof, reserved, detached, remote, removed, unsocial, uncommunicative; shy, bashful, diffident, meek, reticent, demure, demuring, shrinking, withdrawn, introverted, retiring; timid, reluctant, evasive, skittish, fearful, afraid, Inf. scared, uncourageous, cowardly, shamefaced; distrustful, suspicious, guarded, on guard, wary, chary, leery; cautious, careful, circumspect, precautious, prudent, noncommital.