Thesaurus:foreign

Thesaurus

foreign

English

Adjective

Sense: from outside; not an original part of something

Synonyms

• acquired
• additional    [⇒ thesaurus]
• adventitious
• alien
• ascititious
• extraneous
• foreign
• fremd (dialect)
• intrusive
• outlandish (archaic)
• supplemental

Antonyms

• innate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• native    [⇒ thesaurus]
• natural

Hyponyms

• implanted
• inculcated
• infused
• ingrafted
• introduced
• learned    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• supplemental

See also

• Thesaurus:extrinsic
• Thesaurus:strange

Further reading

• “57. extraneousness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “foreign” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.