FOREIGN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FOREIGN?

Need another word that means the same as “foreign”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “foreign” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Foreign” are: extraneous, strange, alien, overseas, distant, remote, far off, far flung, external, outside, unfamiliar, unknown, exotic, outlandish, odd, peculiar, curious, bizarre, weird, queer, funny, irrelevant, not pertinent, inappropriate, inapposite, unrelated, unconnected

Foreign as an Adjective

Definitions of "Foreign" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “foreign” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
• Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own.
• Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.
• Coming or introduced from outside.
• Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.
• Not belonging to or characteristic of.
• Of or belonging to another district or area.
• Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
• Dealing with or relating to other countries.
• Strange and unfamiliar.

Synonyms of "Foreign" as an adjective (27 Words)

alien	Supposedly from another world; extraterrestrial. Alien beings.
bizarre	Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. Restaurants of bizarre design one like a hat another like a rabbit.
curious	Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. Curious investigators.
distant	(of a person) not intimate; cool or reserved. A distant likeness.
exotic	(especially of metals or fuels) of a kind not ordinarily encountered; specially produced. Protons neutrons electrons and all their exotic variants.
external	Coming from the outside. For many the Church was a symbol of external authority.
extraneous	Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. One is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material.
far flung	Located at a great distance in time or space or degree.
far off	Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.
funny	Slightly but undefinably unwell. The funny thing is I can t remember much about it.
inapposite	Out of place; inappropriate. The Shakespearean allusions are inapposite.
inappropriate	Not suitable or proper in the circumstances. Noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness.
irrelevant	Not connected with or relevant to something. Irrelevant allegations.
not pertinent	Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand.
odd	Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. He s wearing odd socks.
outlandish	Foreign or alien. Three wise outlandish kings.
outside	Coming from the outside. An outside pitch.
overseas	In a foreign country. Overseas markets.
peculiar	Characteristic of one only; distinctive or special- R.B.Taney. A peculiar bond of sympathy between them.
remote	Distantly related. Remote stars.
strange	Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. He s a very strange man.
unconnected	Not associated or linked in a sequence. The question was unconnected to anything they had been discussing.
unfamiliar	Not having knowledge or experience of. He felt a stranger among the crowd of unfamiliar faces.
unknown	Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. An unknown island.
unrelated	Not related or linked. Households containing two or more unrelated people.
weird	Strikingly odd or unusual. All sorts of weird and wonderful characters.

Usage Examples of "Foreign" as an adjective

• The quotation is a foreign element imported into the work.
• I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you.
• On business in a foreign city.
• The mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper.
• A foreign office.
• A visit to a foreign clan.
• Foreign particles in milk.
• Foreign nations.
• Foreign currency.
• A man with a foreign accent.
• A foreign accent.
• Foreign trade.
• Crime and brutality are foreign to our nature.
• Foreign policy.
• Jealousy is foreign to her nature.

Associations of "Foreign" (30 Words)

abroad	Wide of the mark; in error. Hospital inmates abroad on the streets of the town.
alien	A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country. They found the world of further education a little alien.
ambassador	A representative or promoter of a specified activity. He is a good ambassador for the industry.
american	Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas.
consul	A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country. The British consul in Israel.
consulate	The office or position of a consul. He called at the consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa.
country	The people who live in a nation or country. The airfield is right out in the country.
diplomat	A person who deals tactfully with others.
diplomatic	Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people. The hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic chenage of subject.
diplomatist	An official engaged in international negotiations.
embassy	The staff working in an embassy. The embassy denied any involvement in the murder.
emigration	The act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad. Mass emigration from Ireland to the United States.
emissary	A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission.
envoy	Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. The UN special envoy to Yugoslavia.
exotic	An exotic plant or animal. The exotic landscape of a dead planet.
expatriate	A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country. American expatriates.
frenchman	A person of French nationality.
german	Germane.
ireland	An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
italian	The Romance language spoken in Italy.
nation	The people who live in a nation or country. African nations.
nonnative	Not being or composed of aborigines. Our large nonnative population.
oddity	A strange attitude or habit. Realizing the oddity of the remark he retracted it.
overseas	Beyond or across the sea. He spent quite a lot of time working overseas.
spaniard	A native or inhabitant of Spain.
strange	Not known before. It is strange how things change.
stranger	An individual that one is not acquainted with. He must have been a stranger to the village.
translation	A written or spoken rendering of the meaning of a word or text in another language. A Spanish translation of Calvin s great work.
triumvir	One of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome.
world	All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. In this world and the next.