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foreigner

/ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/noun3 syllables

Foreigner means: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.

Synonyms for foreigner15

noun, as in a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

alien, noncitizen, outlander

noun, as in someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

outsider

also used for foreigner

metœcus, stranger, barbarian, firangi, foreign, fremd, fremdling, furriner, gaijin, nonlocal, noninhabitant

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What does foreigner mean?2

noun

1

a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

2

someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with foreigner?2

three syllables

coronerforerunner
Show 6 near rhymes
officerofficerscorridorforeignersforfeitureforester

Foreigner in a sentence

  • To look at him, you would take him to be a foreigner.AlanF_US
  • He is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent.Dejo
  • To hear him talk, you would take him for a foreigner.unknown
  • The foreigner answered with a long, incoherent sentence.lvxtrm
  • To hear him speak, you'd take him for a foreigner.unknown
  • As a foreigner, you have to apply for a work permit first.Ioan_Cristian
  • He is a foreigner, and ought to be treated as such.unknown
  • He will come with his wife, as is often the case with foreigners.CK

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Forms of foreigner

as a noun

plural
foreigners