What are some opposite words for FOREIGN?

Antonyms for FOREIGN
ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr-for·eign

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  1. foreignadjective

    Antonyms:
    indigenous, native, domestic

  2. foreignadjective

    foreigner

    There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.

    Antonyms:
    indigenous, native, domestic

    Synonyms:
    overseas, international

  3. foreignadjective

    belonging to a different culture.

    Eating with chopsticks was a foreign concept to him.

    Antonyms:
    indigenous, native, domestic

    Synonyms:
    fremd, alien

  4. foreignadjective

    Of an object, etc, in a place where it does not belong.

    foreign body

    Antonyms:
    indigenous, domestic, native

    Synonyms:
    extraneous

  5. foreignadjective

    Antonyms:
    domestic, native, indigenous

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foreignadjective

    Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

    Antonyms:
    akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

    Synonyms:
    alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

    Preposition:
    Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. foreign

    Antonyms:
    domestic, native, congenial, pertinent, germane

    Synonyms:
    strange, exotic, outlandish, alien, irrelevant, extraneous

Princeton's WordNet4.3 / 3 votes

  1. foreignadjective

    of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

    "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"

    Antonyms:
    homegrown, home(a), interior(a), purifying, autochthonous, intrinsical, native-born, domestic, national, autochthonic, native, municipal, indigenous, endemic, internal, intrinsic, autochthonal

    Synonyms:
    extraneous, strange, alien

  2. foreign, strangeadjective

    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"

    Antonyms:
    internal, indigenous, homegrown, autochthonic, native, endemic, domestic, home(a), purifying, autochthonous, intrinsic, native-born, autochthonal, intrinsical, national, interior(a), municipal

    Synonyms:
    foreign, extraneous, strange, unknown, unusual, alien

  3. alien, foreignadjective

    not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

    "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"

    Antonyms:
    internal, domestic, autochthonic, purifying, national, native, interior(a), municipal, indigenous, home(a), intrinsical, autochthonal, endemic, intrinsic, autochthonous, homegrown, native-born

    Synonyms:
    extraneous, foreign, exotic, alien, strange

  4. extraneous, foreignadjective

    not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

    "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"

    Antonyms:
    domestic, endemic, native-born, national, intrinsical, home(a), homegrown, autochthonous, purifying, interior(a), intrinsic, autochthonic, internal, native, municipal, autochthonal, indigenous

    Synonyms:
    immaterial, strange, impertinent, orthogonal, alien, external, outside, extraneous, foreign

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. foreignadjective

    Synonyms:
    alien, extraneous, exotic, peregrine, remote, adventitious, inappropriate

How to use FOREIGN in a sentence?

  1. Bill Priestap:

    The Chinese's an open secret that relevant Bill Priestap government agencies have long engaged in large-scale and organized cyber theft and surveillance against foreign governments, companies and individuals, the' cyber theft' accusations against The Chinese by Bill Priestap are purely groundless counter-charges and can deceive no one but The Chinese.

  2. Deutsche Bank spokeswoman Renee Calabro:

    Deutsche Bank has received requests for information from regulatory authorities that are investigating trading in the foreign exchange market. The Bank is cooperating with those investigations.

  3. Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna:

    The Russian ambassador will be summoned to the foreign ministry on Monday, so that this issue is clarified to him by a foreign ministry representative.

  4. John Kerry:

    Every secretary of state, former secretary of state continues to meet with foreign leaders, goes to security conferences, goes around the world.

  5. Alexander Hamilton:

    [T]here is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#243national
#1152appropriate
#1188foreign
#1573internal
#1816relevant
#2131essential
#2249domestic
#2290native
#2818proper
#4298municipal
#6895indigenous
#12770pertinent
#14490intrinsic
#19254akin
#23588endemic
#29012homegrown
#37012purifying
#40993apropos
#58985congenial
#61595germane
#158053autochthonous

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