Synonyms for foreigner
ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr-for·eign·er

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1. foreignernoun

   Synonyms:
   alienNoun, strangerNoun

2. foreignernoun

   A person from a foreign country.

   Synonyms:
   alienNoun, strangerNoun

3. foreignernoun

   A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

   Synonyms:
   alienNoun, strangerNoun

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1. foreignernoun

   A naturalized citizen is not an alien, though a foreigner by birth, and perhaps a stranger in the place where he resides. A person of foreign birth not naturalized is an alien, though he may have been resident in the country a large part of a lifetime, and ceased to be a stranger to its people or institutions. He is an alien in one country if his allegiance is to another. The people of any country still residing in their own land are, strictly speaking, foreigners to the people of all other countries, rather than aliens; but alien and foreigner are often used synonymously.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, stranger

   Antonyms:
   citizen, countryman, fellow-countryman, native, native-born inhabitant, naturalized person

   Preposition:
   Aliens to (more rarely from) our nation and laws; aliens in our land, among our people.

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1. foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlandernoun

   a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

   Synonyms:
   unknown, extraterrestrial, stranger, alien, outsider, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being

2. foreigner, outsidernoun

   someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

   Synonyms:
   noncitizen, outsider, outlander, alien

Matched Categories

1. • Stranger
   • Traveler

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1. foreignernoun

   Synonyms:
   alien, stranger

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1. foreignernoun

   Synonyms:
   alien, emigrant, immigrant

   Antonyms:
   native, indigene, citizen

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1. List of paraphrases for "foreigner":

   alien, foreign, stranger, foreigners, aliens, non-citizen, étranger, abroad, 'étranger

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1. Fernando Benitez:

   We believe authorities are using the deportation -- which is an executive prerogative here in Mexico, whereby the executive branch can deport any foreigner without cause and without a trial whenever they see fit -- and they're using that in lieu of an extradition, to the extent of our knowledge, he has committed no crime at all in Mexico.

2. Bryan Fuller:

   We had been telling the story of Hannibal Lecter, foreigner in America, so far, and now we transition the story, he's returning to more familiar settings to lick his wounds. It allows us to explore the emotional bandwidth of his character and see him pining for his friend Will.

3. Damodar Thakur:

   I never felt like a foreigner.

4. Erik Pevernagie:

   Everyone feels like an alien to someone else or even sometimes to oneself. Whether native, foreigner or exile, whether assimilated or singular, whether straight or gay, important is to find an access to the open public space, the 'space of appearance' and the gate to a citizenship of the world. (Township)

5. Wolfgang Georg Arlt:

   When I was in China, people were not even allowed to talk to a foreigner, if I asked someone,' Where is the railway station ?' he would have to go and report that.