Definition: relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Usage: foreign nations; a foreign accent; on business in a foreign city
Similar words: adventive
Definition: not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized
Usage: an adventive weed
Definition: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Usage: alien customs; exotic plants in a greenhouse; exotic cuisine
Similar words: nonnative
Definition: of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
Similar words: naturalized, established
Definition: introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
Similar words: foreign-born, nonnative
Definition: of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
Usage: our large nonnative population
Similar words: imported
Definition: used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
Usage: imported wines
Similar words: tramontane
Definition: being or coming from another country
Usage: tramontane influences
Similar words: unnaturalised, unnaturalized
Definition: not having acquired citizenship
Synonyms: foreign
Definition: of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
Usage: foreign trade; a foreign office
Similar words: abroad, overseas
Definition: in a foreign country
Usage: markets abroad; overseas markets
Similar words: outside, external, international
Definition: from or between other countries
Usage: external commerce; international trade; developing nations need outside help
Definition: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
Usage: an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism; the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper; jealousy is foreign to her nature
Similar words: extrinsic
Definition: not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
Usage: extrinsic evidence; an extrinsic feature of the new building; that style is something extrinsic to the subject; looking for extrinsic aid
Synonyms: extraneous, foreign
Definition: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
Usage: water free of extraneous matter; foreign particles in milk
Similar words: adulterant, adulterating
Definition: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
Usage: the adulterating effect of extraneous materials