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— abroad
— adulterant
— adulterating
— adventive
— alien
— established
— exotic
— external
— extrinsic
— fair-skinned
— fierceness
— for example
— foregoing
— foreign-born
— foreigner
— foreseen
— foursome
— fragment
— fragments
— freezing
— frequency
— frequent
— frequenter
— frequently
— freshen
— freshen up
— freshman
— freshness
— frozen
— frozen over
— imported
— international
— naturalised
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— non-native
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— outside
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— tramontane
— unnaturalised
— unnaturalized

Misspelling

fforeign, fooreign, foreeign, foreig, foreiggn, foreigm, foreignn, foreiign, foriegn, forreign, oreign, phoreign

Foreign — synonyms, foreign antonyms, definition

1. foreign (a)

36 synonyms

alien bizarre curious different distant exotic exterior extraneous extraordinary extrinsic far off from abroad heterogeneous import imported inaccessible irrelevant isolated marginal new • • •

2. foreign (Adjective)

2 antonyms

domestic native

4 definitions

foreign (Adjective) — Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own). ex. "foreign trade" ex. "a foreign office"

foreign (Adjective) — Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. ex. "a foreign accent" ex. "on business in a foreign city" ex. "foreign nations"

foreign (Adjective) — Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something. ex. "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper" ex. "jealousy is foreign to her nature"

foreign (Adjective) — Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source. ex. "foreign particles in milk"

4 see also

curiousness foreignness strangeness unfamiliarity