foreign; strange




relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world

"foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"

Antonym:
  • native

Nearest:
  • adventive
  • alien; exotic
  • nonnative
  • established; naturalized
  • foreign-born; nonnative
  • imported
  • tramontane
  • unnaturalized; unnaturalised


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