Synonyms of foreign
74 similar words · 5 opposite words
Another word for foreign is overseas. Other synonyms of foreign are adventitious, international, additional, acquired and alien. The opposite of foreign is domestic.
Synonyms and similar words for foreign
adjectiveAlien; strange; uncharacteristic.
nounAn outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
- backhouse
- backside UK
- bog UK, slang
- carsey UK, slangA house.
- craphouse vulgarAn outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- dunnekinAn outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- dunny Australia, slang
- House of Commons Canada, UK
- jakes UK, slangA place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- johnny house US, slangAn outhouse or portable toilet.
- karzy UK, slang
- khazi
- kocayA place used for urination and defecation: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory.
- little house Australia
- long drop Australia
- netty
- outhouse US
- privy
- shield
- shithouse vulgar
- shouse AustraliaAn outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- thunderbox Australia, UK
- usual offices UKA place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- boggard obsolete
- boghouse UK, datedAn outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- chamber foreign obsolete
- common house obsolete
- commons obsoleteAn outhouse.
- Cousin John obsoleteA place or device for urination and defecation: an outhouse or chamber pot.
- danna obsolete, slangHuman feces.
- draught obsolete
- draught-house obsoleteAn outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- earth closet UK, datedAn outhouse or lavatory which uses a cesspit rather than a flush toilet and plumbing.
- gang obsolete
- gingerbread office obsolete
- gong obsolete
- gonghouse obsolete
- house of ease obsoleteAn outbuilding used to ease one's bowels: an outhouse.
- house of easement obsoleteAn outbuilding in which to do one's easement (defecate): an outhouse.
- house of office UK, obsoleteAn outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- issue obsolete
- jacques obsolete
- jakeshouse obsoleteAn outbuilding with a jakes: an outhouse.
- longhouse obsoleteAn outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
- necessary obsolete
- necessary house obsoleteAn outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.
- necessary place obsoleteA place used for the business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
- necessary vault obsoleteAn outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.
- neddy obsolete
- passage house obsolete
- petty obsoleteAn outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.
- petty-house obsoleteAn outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- privy house obsoleteAn outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
- purging place obsolete
- retreat obsolete
- siege obsolete
- siegehouse obsoleteAn outbuilding with toilet seats: an outhouse.
- vault obsolete
- wardrobe obsolete
- withdraught obsolete
adjectiveFrom a different country.
- overseasUsed with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations: living (being resident) in a foreign country.
- internationalForeign; of another nation.
adjectiveIn a place where it does not belong.
- extraneousNot belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
adjectiveMore synonyms
- acquiredDeveloped after birth; not congenital.
- additionalSupplemental or added to something.
- adventitiousFrom an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
- ascititiousAdscititious.
- intrusive
- supplemental
- outlandish archaicOf or from a foreign country; not indigenous or native; alien, foreign.
- strange obsoleteBelonging to another country; foreign.
- tramontane archaicForeign.
Opposite of foreign
adjectiveAntonym(s) of “from a different country”.
- domesticInternal to a specific country.
adjectiveAntonym(s) of “not characteristic”.
- nativeBorn or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
adjectiveAntonym(s) of “native to an area”.
Meaning of foreign
- adjective Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
- adjective Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
- adjective Relating to a different nation.
foreign in other languages
Questions about synonyms of foreign
- What is another word for foreign?
- Foreign has 74 synonyms on Word.ws, such as overseas, adventitious, international, additional, acquired and alien.
- What is the opposite of foreign?
- The opposite of foreign is domestic. Other antonyms of foreign are native and natural.
- What does foreign mean?
- Foreign means located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
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