Synonyms for foreigner
ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr-for·eign·er

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1. foreignernoun

   Synonyms:
   alienNoun, strangerNoun

2. foreignernoun

   A person from a foreign country.

   Synonyms:
   alienNoun, strangerNoun

3. foreignernoun

   A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.

   Synonyms:
   alienNoun, strangerNoun

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1. foreignernoun

   A naturalized citizen is not an alien, though a foreigner by birth, and perhaps a stranger in the place where he resides. A person of foreign birth not naturalized is an alien, though he may have been resident in the country a large part of a lifetime, and ceased to be a stranger to its people or institutions. He is an alien in one country if his allegiance is to another. The people of any country still residing in their own land are, strictly speaking, foreigners to the people of all other countries, rather than aliens; but alien and foreigner are often used synonymously.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, stranger

   Antonyms:
   citizen, countryman, fellow-countryman, native, native-born inhabitant, naturalized person

   Preposition:
   Aliens to (more rarely from) our nation and laws; aliens in our land, among our people.

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1. foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlandernoun

   a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

   Synonyms:
   unknown, extraterrestrial, stranger, alien, outsider, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being

2. foreigner, outsidernoun

   someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

   Synonyms:
   noncitizen, outsider, outlander, alien

Matched Categories

1. • Stranger
   • Traveler

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1. foreignernoun

   Synonyms:
   alien, stranger

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. foreignernoun

   Synonyms:
   alien, emigrant, immigrant

   Antonyms:
   native, indigene, citizen

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1. List of paraphrases for "foreigner":

   alien, foreign, stranger, foreigners, aliens, non-citizen, étranger, abroad, 'étranger

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1. Chairman Giuseppe Recchi:

   We reject the logic that foreign investments in Telecom Italia are dangerous: whoever brings capital and know-how contributes to make our company stronger, regardless of whether the investor is Italian or a foreigner.

2. Pierre Espérance:

   The gangs do whatever they want, whenever they want, no one is safe, whether foreigner or Haitian.

3. Elissa Slotkin:

   The issue that got to me was this idea that the President, the most powerful man in the world, reached out to a foreigner, a foreign leader, and asked him to dig up dirt on an American.

4. Fredy Landa:

   Why should we have to wait for a foreigner to do it when we Cubans can show the truly beautiful Cuba that we have, these are times to challenge ourselves and to try new things and that's what we are doing.

5. Wolfgang Georg Arlt:

   When I was in China, people were not even allowed to talk to a foreigner, if I asked someone,' Where is the railway station ?' he would have to go and report that.