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Stranger

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

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Broader term 6

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Interloper 76% connected

One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or offici…

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Intruder 76% connected

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.

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Trespasser 76% connected

One who commits a trespass

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Foreigner 76% connected

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalize…

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Outsider 76% connected

One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.

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Alien 74% connected

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shore…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alien 74% connected

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shore…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Alien 92% connected

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shore…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unknown 92% connected

Not known; not apprehended.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acquaintance 94% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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Acquaintance 94% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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