1. (adj)foreign of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) 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. (adj)foreign, strange relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world Synonyms: foreign, 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. (adj)alien, foreign not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something Synonyms: extraneous, foreign, 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. (adj)extraneous, foreign not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source Synonyms: immaterial, strange, impertinent, orthogonal, alien, external, outside, extraneous, foreign Antonyms: domestic, endemic, native-born, national, intrinsical, home(a), homegrown, autochthonous, purifying, interior(a), intrinsic, autochthonic, internal, native, municipal, autochthonal, indigenous
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'foreign'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. foreign 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 confl Synonyms: conflicting, distant, inappropriate, strange, contradictory, foreign, irrelevant, unconnected, contrary, hostile, opposed, unlike, contrasted, impertinent, remote Antonyms: akin, apropos, germane, proper, appropriate, essential, pertinent, relevant