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foreign
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of FOREIGN
1
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own <more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages>
Related Words imported, introduced, naturalized, transplanted; external, international, multiculti, multicultural, multilateral, multinational; foreign-born, nonindigenous; distant, far-off, overseas, remote; bizarre, exotic, outlandish, strange
2
not being a vital part of or belonging to something <pediatricians often have to remove peas or other foreign bodies from inside the ears of curious toddlers>
Related Words exterior, outside; immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant; nonessential, unessential, unnecessary
Near Antonyms congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred; inside, interior, internal; basic, essential, necessary
3
relating to or involving two or more nations <foreign trade has always been vital to the region's economic health>
Related Words intercontinental, transcontinental
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