Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "foreign" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

american domestic domestic indigenous local local person native native person

Derived Terms

Foreign Office antiforeign chamber foreign doctrine of foreign equivalents foreign accent syndrome foreign affairs foreign agent foreign aid foreign body foreign correspondent foreign country foreign currency foreign debt foreign devil foreign direct investment foreign exchange foreign exchange certificate foreign exchange market foreign exchange risk foreign fighter foreign investment foreign key foreign language foreign legion foreign minister foreign money foreign muck foreign national foreign policy foreign secretary foreign service foreign species foreign tongue foreign trade foreign-born foreigncy foreigner foreignise foreignism foreignization foreignize foreignly foreignness forex hyperforeign nonforeign semiforeign unforeign

Distinct From

american domestic local native

Etymologically Related To

sovereign

Context

formerly with from legal now dialect now informal state us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

extrinsic

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

implanted inculcated infused ingrafted introduced learned

Related Terms

abroad alien alien people alien person another another country area away beyond beyond borders borders car community company countries country court domestic elsewhere foreigner from abroad from elsewhere group guildmember import import car international language legal lie limit monastery non organization other other countries other country other language other place outdoor outdoors outer outhouse outlandish outside outsider overseas parish part particularly people person place policy service serving ship someone someone alien strange stranger town unfamiliar unfamiliar person

Similar Terms

abroad adulterant adulterating adventive adventive alien established exotic exotic external extrinsic extrinsic foreign born foreign-born imported imported international international naturalized naturalized nonnative nonnative outside overseas overseas tramontane tramontane unfamiliar unnaturalised unnaturalised unnaturalized

Synonym Network

alien chamber foreign extraneous overseas

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.