English adjective: foreign | |||
1. | foreign of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) | ||
Samples | Foreign trade. A foreign office. | ||
Similar | abroad, external, international, outside, overseas | ||
See also | international | ||
Antonyms | domestic | ||
2. | foreign relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world | ||
Samples | Foreign nations. A foreign accent. On business in a foreign city. | ||
Synonyms | strange | ||
Similar | adventive, alien, established, exotic, foreign-born, imported, naturalized, nonnative, nonnative, tramontane, unnaturalised, unnaturalized | ||
Attribute | curiousness, foreignness, strangeness, strangeness, unfamiliarity | ||
Antonyms | native | ||
3. | foreign not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | ||
Samples | 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 | alien | ||
Similar | extrinsic | ||
Antonyms | intrinsic, intrinsical | ||
4. | foreign not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | ||
Samples | Water free of extraneous matter. Foreign particles in milk. | ||
Synonyms | extraneous | ||
Similar | adulterant, adulterating | ||
Antonyms | purifying | ||