adjective
1.
Synonyms: exotic 2, romanesque, romantic
2.
Synonyms: unfamiliar 1, new, unaccustomed
Related Word: unknown; alien
3.
Synonyms: marvelous 1, amazing, astonishing, astounding, miraculous, spectacular, stupendous, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
4.
deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected
a strange , unpredictable man
Synonyms: bizarre, curious, eccentric, erratic, idiosyncratic, odd, oddball, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, ||rum, rummy, singular, uncouth, unusual, weird; compare exceptional 1, mysterious
Related Word: aberrant, abnormal, atypical, off, off-the-wall; fishy, funny; far-out, freaky, ||kinky, kooky, offbeat, outré, ||scatty; crazy, nutty; fantastic, grotesque
Idioms: as strange as they come
Contrasted words: common, ordinary, unexceptional, usual; expected, predictable
Antonyms: familiar