Newcomer and Stranger

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Newcomer

Newcomer noun - A person who is just starting out in a field of activity.

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Stranger is a synonym for newcomer in people topic. In some cases you can use "Stranger" instead a noun "Newcomer", when it comes to topics like alien, native, beginner, arrival. popular alternative

Stranger

Stranger noun - A person who is not native to or known to a community.

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Newcomer is a synonym for stranger in people topic. You can use "Newcomer" instead a noun "Stranger", if it concerns topics such as alien, native, foreigner, person who is unfamiliar. popular alternative

Nearby Words: strange, strangeness, strangely

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old	old newcomer	old stranger
complete	complete newcomer	complete stranger
total	total newcomer	total stranger
friendly	friendly newcomer	friendly stranger
Other adjectives: relative, dead, single, poor, actual, dangerous, little, innocent, heroic, apparent, mysterious, unknown.

Both words in one sentence

Bookends: Near the beginning of the novel, the confused protagonist asks a stranger for directions; at its end, his daughter gives directions to a newcomer.

Source: Comic Book / The Arrival
Maybe a Naïve Newcomer discovers that his new office is considerably stranger than he expected.

Source: Unguided Lab Tour
The newcomer saw it from a mile away and milked it for a while to win concessions, before confessing he'd used their guilt to reshape his intrusion as a stranger into a well-oiled machine and in place of someone both talented and loved.

Source: White Guilt

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