Foreign
/ˈfɒɹən/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Foreign
noun
adjective
- Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
"He liked visiting foreign cities."
- Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
"There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started."
- Relating to a different nation.
"foreign policy; foreign navies"
- Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
"foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species"
- (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
"It was completely foreign to their way of thinking."
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SYNONYMS
chamber foreigninternationaloverseasextraneousalienfremd
ANTONYMS
domesticindigenousnative