Thesaurus:foreigner

Thesaurus

foreigner

English

Noun

Sense: a person from a foreign country

Synonyms

• alien
• barbarian (derogatory)
• firangi (Indian subcontinent, UK)
• foreign    [⇒ thesaurus]
• foreigner
• fremd
• fremdling
• furriner (dialectal, chiefly derogatory)
• gaijin (Japan, chiefly derogatory)
• metœcus (rare)
• nonlocal
• noninhabitant
• nonnational
• nonresident, non-resident
• outcomeling
• outener (chiefly dialectal)
• outlander
• outsider
• Paradesi (India)
• peregrine (dated)
• strangeling
• stranger
• uitlander (South Africa)

Archetypes

• Johnny Foreigner (UK, informal, derogatory)

Antonyms

• aborigine
• autochthon
• citizen
• compatriot
• countryman
• countrywoman
• native    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nonforeigner

Hyponyms

• extraterrestrial    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gaikokujin
• immigrant
• intruder
• newcomer    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• anomaly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• maverick    [⇒ thesaurus]
• outcast    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strange person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:foreign
• Appendix:English terms for outsiders

Further reading

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