perfect stranger
Totally unfamiliar person
A perfect stranger is someone completely unknown to you—no prior connection, no mutual acquaintances, nothing.
The phrase emphasizes total unfamiliarity: She told her life story to a perfect stranger on the train.
Here *perfect* means complete or absolute, not flawless.
The expression often highlights the oddness of intimacy or trust with someone you've never met.
- non-relativeOne without kinship
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- foreignerNon-native person
- unknownNot yet discovered
- incognitoWith identity concealed
face in the crowd · boundaries · anonymous · vulnerability · approachability · ephemeral · suspicion · trust · leap of faith · meeting · caution · assumption · chance encounter · fleeting · nameless · impression · introduction · small talk
perfect strangerintimate
Closely personal or private
close friend · best friend · soulmate · loved one · lifelong friend
perfect strangertrusted ally
Reliable supportive companion
insider · one of us · known quantity · regular · neighbor
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