Synonyms for foreign
ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr-for·eign

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1. foreignadjective

   Antonyms:
   indigenous, native, domestic

2. foreignadjective

   foreigner

   There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.

   Synonyms:
   overseas, international

   Antonyms:
   indigenous, native, domestic

3. foreignadjective

   belonging to a different culture.

   Eating with chopsticks was a foreign concept to him.

   Synonyms:
   fremd, alien

   Antonyms:
   indigenous, native, domestic

4. foreignadjective

   Of an object, etc, in a place where it does not belong.

   foreign body

   Synonyms:
   extraneous

   Antonyms:
   indigenous, domestic, native

5. foreignadjective

   Antonyms:
   domestic, native, indigenous

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1. foreignadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. foreign

   Synonyms:
   strange, exotic, outlandish, alien, irrelevant, extraneous

   Antonyms:
   domestic, native, congenial, pertinent, germane

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1. foreignadjective

   of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

   "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"

   Synonyms:
   extraneous, strange, alien

   Antonyms:
   homegrown, home(a), interior(a), purifying, autochthonous, intrinsical, native-born, domestic, national, autochthonic, native, municipal, indigenous, endemic, internal, intrinsic, autochthonal

2. foreign, strangeadjective

   relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

   "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

   Synonyms:
   extraneous, strange, unknown, unusual, alien

   Antonyms:
   internal, indigenous, homegrown, autochthonic, native, endemic, domestic, home(a), purifying, autochthonous, intrinsic, native-born, autochthonal, intrinsical, national, interior(a), municipal

3. alien, foreignadjective

   not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

   "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"

   Synonyms:
   extraneous, exotic, alien, strange

   Antonyms:
   internal, domestic, autochthonic, purifying, national, native, interior(a), municipal, indigenous, home(a), intrinsical, autochthonal, endemic, intrinsic, autochthonous, homegrown, native-born

4. extraneous, foreignadjective

   not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

   "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"

   Synonyms:
   immaterial, strange, impertinent, orthogonal, alien, external, outside, extraneous

   Antonyms:
   domestic, endemic, native-born, national, intrinsical, home(a), homegrown, autochthonous, purifying, interior(a), intrinsic, autochthonic, internal, native, municipal, autochthonal, indigenous

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. foreignadjective

   Synonyms:
   alien, outlandish, exotic, not native, not domestic, from abroad

2. foreignadjective

   Synonyms:
   remote, not allied, not pertinent, not appropriate, not congenial, not connected, not belonging

3. foreignadjective

   Synonyms:
   extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious

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1. foreignadjective

   Synonyms:
   alien, extraneous, exotic, peregrine, remote, adventitious, inappropriate

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1. List of paraphrases for "foreign":

   external, foreigners, alien, aliens, overseas, foreigner, outer, diplomatic, stranger, outside, abroad, state, diplomacy, exterior, étrangers, expatriate, outdoor, strangers, outboard, foreign-owned, exteriores, offshore, etrangères, foreign-based, extraneous, inward, non-canadian, international, non-national, field, outlander, outward, non-citizens, foreign-funded, estero

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1. Naoki Tashiro:

   Trading volume is surging while foreign investors have been selling late last week.

2. Jason Bordoff:

   We are much less dependent on foreign oil than we were before.

3. Gordon Schremp:

   We haven't needed to import a lot of gasoline whatsoever from foreign sources for over five years, so that's another indication that the gasoline market is pretty tight here and will remain tight until these major turnarounds get wrapped up.

4. Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer:

   While the dollar's appreciation and foreign weakness have been a sizable shock, the U.S. economy appears to be weathering them reasonably well.

5. United States:

   I begin on the premise that you don't trust what Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov or Vladimir Putin say, i don't think we can assume that just because Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Russia is not going to invade that that's the case, so I just think we have to assume the worst at this point.