stranger

Definition

Examples

Employees should not let a stranger enter the building without a visitor badge.

Word Family

Synonyms

• newcomerany new participant in some activity
• outsidersomeone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

Collocations

• Easy complete stranger
  to complete stranger, meaning to come or bring to a finish or an end
• Medium never disclose passwords to strangers
  describing never disclose passwords to strangers (not ever; at no time in the past or future)
• Hard no stranger to corporate litigation
  describing no stranger to corporate litigation (a negative)
• Very Hard treat old colleagues like total strangers
  to treat old colleagues like total strangers, meaning to interact in a certain way