| Adj. | 1. | foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"international - concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters" domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" | |
| 2. | foreign - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"native - being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" | |
| 3. | foreign - not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid" | |
| 4. | foreign - not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"adulterant, adulterating - making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" | |