Foreign definition
Foreign is an adjective meaning "of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)." It has 4 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Foreign as an adjective
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
"foreign trade"
relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
"foreign nations"
Same sense: strange
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
"the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"
Same sense: alien
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"foreign particles in milk"
Same sense: extraneous
Synonyms and antonyms
- strange
- alien
- extraneous
Opposites: domestic, native.
How to say foreign
Foreign has 2 syllables and rhymes with warren. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with foreign
- warren
FOREIGN in word games
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Anagrams
- 0
Is FOREIGN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FOREIGN in the word checker, or unscramble FOREIGN to see the shorter words in its letters.
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