Strange
Defying easy explanation
Strange describes what deviates from the expected or familiar.
A strange noise is one you can't identify.
A strange place is unfamiliar to you.
Strange behavior seems odd or hard to explain.
The word can suggest mild unease: Something strange is going on.
A stranger is someone unknown to you, and to be estranged is to have become strange to someone once close.
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- puzzlingCausing confusion or bewilderment
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- inexplicableCannot be accounted for
unexplained · mystifying · perplexing · otherworldly · supernatural · paranormal · haunting · eerie
Not yet discovered
- foreignFrom another nation
- alienNon-native being
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
unfamiliar · exotic · outlandish · visitor · foreigner · immigrant · unacquainted · unrecognized
Unusual or not even
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
- peculiarStrangely unusual
- unusualNot often encountered
- eccentricUnconventional in character
quirky · curious · abnormal · anomalous · freaky · eerie · uncanny · offbeat
Troubled, not calm
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
queasy · off · funny · ill · peculiar · wrong · disturbing · unwell
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
inexplicable · unexplained · mystifying · perplexing · otherworldly · supernatural · paranormal · haunting · eerie · uncanny
unknown
Not yet discovered
newcomer · unfamiliar · exotic · outlandish · visitor · foreigner · immigrant · unacquainted · unrecognized · different
odd
Unusual or not even
eccentric · quirky · curious · abnormal · anomalous · freaky · eerie · uncanny · offbeat · unconventional
uneasy
Troubled, not calm
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
disquieting · queasy · off · funny · ill · peculiar · wrong · disturbing · unwell · dizzy
Strangefamiliar
Known from experience
known · acquainted · accustomed · well-known · recognizable
- perfect strangerPerson completely unfamiliar to you
- stranger dangerCaution toward unknown individuals
- strange birdsUnusual flying creatures
- Doctor StrangeMarvel's magical medical practitioner
- Stranger ThingsEleven's supernatural series
- complete strangers
stranger, strangers, strangely, strangeness, estrange, estranged, estrangement, estranges, estranging