FOREIGNERS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

foreigners

noun

plural of foreigner

as in strangers

a person who is not native to or known to a community I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts

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Recent Examples of foreigners Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Over 600 foreigners are missing, including 65 Americans, the Nepal Tourism Board said Thursday. — Joelle Gross, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of the missing are foreigners in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. — Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred Nepali peak. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Among the missing are 517 foreigners, according to Nepal’s tourism board. — Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 More than 390 people were killed, according to authorities in Nepal and China, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims. — Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 Domestic tourists flock in during the winter to enjoy the picturesque landscape and snow crabs, but foreigners still feel like a novelty. — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026 Most of the craftsmen have adapted their products to the tastes of tourists and foreigners, but the technique itself remained the same for decades. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

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The two are only able to unlock a new understanding of each other by pretending to be strangers meeting for the first time.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Imagine answering the call of nature in a dark, stinking chamber alongside dozens of strangers, all while making pleasant conversation.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

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From songs that spoke to working women and outsiders to philanthropy that changed lives, Parton left a mark far beyond country music.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The partnership between two outsiders clawing their way in, joined by an equally canny journalist played by Claire Foy, comes to shape Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare where scribblers plied their trade, in Lamb’s and Murdoch’s images.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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