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- pronunciation:
- faw
rihn
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
in, from, characteristic of, or involving a country that is not one's own.
She has never traveled to a foreign country.For most people who live in Brazil, English is a foreign language.The government wants to establish greater foreign trade.- antonyms:
- domestic, indigenous, internal
- similar words:
- alien, exotic, external, imported, international, introduced, non-native, nonindigenous, overseas
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| definition 2: |
situated in an improper or unexpected place.
It can be dangerous to have a foreign object in one's eye.- synonyms:
- extraneous
- similar words:
- alien, extrinsic, inappropriate, incongruous
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| definition 3: |
unfamiliar or strange; alien.
These new ideas were foreign to me at the time.The university campus seemed huge and foreign at first.- synonyms:
- alien, strange, unfamiliar
- antonyms:
- familiar
- similar words:
- exotic, new, unusual
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| definition 4: |
not pertinent or related.
These facts are put in as filler and are foreign to the basic argument.- synonyms:
- extraneous, irrelevant
- antonyms:
- germane
- similar words:
- extrinsic, ulterior
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| related words: |
barbarous, exterior, novel, queer, remote |
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| derivations: |
foreignly (adv.), foreignness (n.) |
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