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. Randal Quarles:

   It seems unlikely... that the dollar's status as a global reserve currency, or the dollar's role as the dominant currency in international financial transactions, will be threatened by a foreign CBDC.

2. Sophie Richardson:

   This is at best a profoundly disingenuous claim — the problems with censorship and surveillance are well known, as are the requirements for foreign firms to hand over all sorts of data and user information in an environment with no privacy rights.

3. Condoleezza Rice:

   What I see right now troubles me. I see a state of conflict between the foreign policy professionals and someone who says he's acting on behalf of the president but frankly I don't know if that is the case, it is troubling. It is deeply troubling.

4. Andrew Carr:

   For a diplomat, the death penalty cases are always the hardest ones because they involve a supreme act of sovereignty the foreign state believing it has the right to take the life of someone that's committed a crime but also a supreme loss of sovereignty that a country isn't able to protect its citizens overseas, you get the greatest clash of moral values in that some states believe this is right and proper to be applied and other states believe it's quite abhorrent.

5. Ivo Daalder:

   Whatever those values may be and they have been in the past in terms of foreign policy, they are no longer important and he has made that very clear.