foreigner
Plural: foreigners
Noun
- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
- A person from a foreign country.
- A private job run by an employee at a trade factory rather than going through the business.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective. Equivalent to foreign + -er. Use of the -er suffix may be due to analogy with Middle English straunger (“stranger”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ.
Synonyms
alien, noncitizen, outlander, outsider, Paradesi, barbarian, firangi, foreign, foreigner, fremd, fremdling, furriner, gaijin, metœcus, non-resident, noninhabitant, nonlocal, nonnational, nonresident, outcomeling, outener, peregrine, strangeling, stranger, uitlander
Antonyms
citizen, aborigine, autochthon, compatriot, countryman, countrywoman, native, nonforeigner
Scrabble Score: 13
foreigner: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordforeigner: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foreigner: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary