foreign

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. alien, strange, exotic; extraneous, unrelated. See extrinsic, abode.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Concerning a country, idea, or way of life not one's own]

Syn. remote, exotic, strange, alien, far, distant, inaccessible, unaccustomed, different, unknown, unfamiliar, extrinsic, extraneous, external, outside, expatriate, exiled, from abroad, not native, not domestic, international, nonnative, nonresident, alienated, estranged, antipodal, faraway, far-off, hyperborean, beyond the rainbow, unexplored, transoceanic, transmarine, ultramontane, at the far corners of the earth, at the uttermost end of the earth, extralocal, beyond the pale, outlandish, picturesque, colorful.

Ant. local*, national, indigenous.

2. [Coming from a country not one's own]

Syn. alien, imported, borrowed, nonnative, immigrant, barbarian, barbaric, adopted, coming from another land, not domestic; see also sense 1.

Ant. native*, domestic, aboriginal.

3. [Organically or essentially different]

Syn. heterogeneous, unassimilable, unrelated, extraneous; see irrelevant , unsuitable .

Syn.- foreign implies that the external object is organically so different that it cannot become assimilated [ a foreign substance in the blood ] ; alien emphasizes the incompatibility of the external object with the subject in question [ such anger seems alien to his nature ] ; extrinsic refers to that which, coming from outside a thing, is not inherent in its real nature [ the souvenir had Great extrinsic value for him ] ; extraneous , often synonymous with extrinsic , may connote the possibility of integration of the external object into the thing to which it is added [extraneous grace notes ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. nondomestic alien, exotic, unfamiliar, imported, faraway, distant, outlandish, unknown, nonnative, strange, overseas.

2. uncharacteristic aberrant, unnatural, abnormal, inconsistent, incompatible, unrelated, extraneous.

ANT.: 1. domestic, native, indigenous. 2. characteristic, compatible, natural

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: alien, exotic, strange. Archaic: outlandish. See NATIVE. 2. Not part of the essential nature of a thing: alien, extraneous, extrinsic. See NATIVE.