foreign

  • (a) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
    • foreign trade
    • a foreign office
  • (a) 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
    strange,
  • (s) 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
    alien,
  • (s) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
    • water free of extraneous matter
    • foreign particles in milk
    extraneous,

Synonyms

strange alien extraneous

Antonyms

domestic native

See also

international

Words of close approximity

foreign agent foreign aid foreign bill foreign-born foreign correspondent foreign country foreign direct investment foreign draft foreigner foreign exchange Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court foreign legion foreign minister foreign mission foreignness Foreign Office foreign policy Foreign Service foreign terrorist organization