Strange and Workaday

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Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.

Usage example: the strange smell we'd noticed turned out, unhappily, to be from the dinner our host was making

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Workaday is an antonym for strange.

Nearby Words: strangeness, stranger, strangely

Workaday adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Usage example: just a workaday guy living a workaday life

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Strange is an antonym for workaday in topics: common, habitual, average.

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Workaday and Strange. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/strange/workaday

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