Synonyms for abroad
əˈbrɔdabroad

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1. abroadadverb

   Synonyms:
   overseas

2. abroadadverb

   At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space

   A tree spreads its branches abroad.

   Synonyms:
   overseas

3. abroadadverb

   Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode

   to walk abroad

   Synonyms:
   overseas

4. abroadadverb

   Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.

   We have broils at home and enemies abroad.

   Synonyms:
   overseas

5. abroadadverb

   Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

   Synonyms:
   overseas

6. abroadadverb

   Not on target; astray; in error.

   Synonyms:
   overseas

7. abroadadverb

   Played elsewhere than one's home grounds; as in a sport's team.

   Synonyms:
   overseas

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. abroad

   Synonyms:
   far, away, apart, dispersed, aloof, adrift, about, distracted, confused

   Antonyms:
   near, close, housed, collected, fast

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. abroad, overseasadverb

   in a foreign country

   "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"

   Synonyms:
   oversea, overseas

   Antonyms:
   domestic

2. abroadadverb

   to or in a foreign country

   "they had never travelled abroad"

   Synonyms:
   afield, overseas

   Antonyms:
   domestic

3. afield, abroadadverb

   far away from home or one's usual surroundings

   "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall

   Synonyms:
   afield, overseas

   Antonyms:
   domestic

4. overseas, abroadadverb

   in a place across an ocean

   Synonyms:
   overseas, oversea, afield

   Antonyms:
   domestic

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1. abroadadjective

   Synonyms:
   widely, at large

2. abroadadjective

   Synonyms:
   forth, out of the house, out of doors, in the open air

3. abroadadjective

   Synonyms:
   extensively, before the public

4. abroadadjective

   Synonyms:
   without (as opposed to within)

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1. List of paraphrases for "abroad":

   overseas, internationally, foreign, outside, externally, outbound, offshore, alien, elsewhere, foreigner

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1. Franklin Leonard:

   It doesn't solve the white supremacy that made it to begin with, it does not go back in time and rightfully put Hattie McDaniel at the Oscars ceremony, which she was not allowed to attend when she won [due to segregation]. It doesn't change that Hollywood thinks of black-led and directed movies as having less value, especially abroad, even when data says otherwise. All it does is paper over these failures. If you really want to put.

2. David Wilcox:

   At the end of 2018 it looked like the economy was moving forward in a continued solid manner, the risks were predominantly to the upside and it was not prominent on our radar screen or anybody's that the trade war's machinations would be taken to the extent that they have been...The news from abroad, by wide consensus, has been disappointing.

3. Bill Kretzschmar:

   The speaker may have English as a second language because the intonation is not quite fluent in the way you would expect of a native U.S. speaker or native Canadian, but the speaker may have spent a long time in North America, because the speech is really too fluent just to have been learned abroad.

4. Ina Libak:

   The worst thing that we can do for people working in oil and gas industry is to close our eyes to what's happening abroad and just say 'good luck with this', when Europe stops using oil and gas and switches to other energy sources, and that is happening very fast, it would affect us ... I'm really concerned that we will have high unemployment in 20 years if we don't make that plan now.

5. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

   The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States, it spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.