Englishunfamiliar
adjective
1 a part of the city unfamiliar to him:
unknown, new, strange, foreign, alien, unheard of, beyond someone's ken.
▷antonyms familiar.
2 the unfamiliar sound of a Scottish dance band:
unusual, uncommon, unconventional, novel, different, exotic, alternative, unorthodox, odd, peculiar, curious, atypical, uncharacteristic, unwonted, abnormal, anomalous, aberrant, out of the ordinary.
▷antonyms common.
3 the aim is to encourage investors unfamiliar with the stock market to trade more freely:
unacquainted with, unused to, unaccustomed to, unconversant with, unpractised in, inexperienced in, unskilled in, unversed in, uninformed about, unenlightened about, ignorant of, uninitiated in, new to, fresh to, strange to, a stranger to, unaware of;
informal in the dark about;
rare nescient of.
▷antonyms conversant.
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