relative stranger

Frequency: 5.54.3 per million words

Someone you have met but do not know well.

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Examples (10)

  • He felt like a relative stranger at the family reunion, having not seen them in years.
  • After only a brief introduction, she was still a relative stranger to him.
  • Despite working in the same office, they remained relative strangers, rarely interacting.
  • The new neighbor, though friendly, was still a relative stranger to the community.
  • I had met her once before, but she was largely a relative stranger.
  • He confided his secrets to someone who was essentially a relative stranger.
  • Even after a few conversations, the person on the blind date felt like a relative stranger.
  • They were not complete strangers, but definitely relative strangers to each other.
  • She treated her distant cousin, whom she barely knew, as a relative stranger.
  • It's difficult to trust a relative stranger with important personal matters.