strange

Other forms of strange

comparative

stranger·

superlative

strangest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strange

What does strange mean?

strange means "being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in strange?

strange has 1 syllable: strange. In IPA it is /ˈstɹeɪndʒ/.

What is another word for strange?

Close synonyms include unusual, unknown, foreign. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of strange?

The recorded antonyms are familiar.

Is strange a common word?

strange is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with strange?

1 word rhymes with strange. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.