of, pertaining to, or derived from another country or nation; not native

foreign cars.

of or pertaining to contact or dealings with other countries; connected with foreign affairs.

external to one's own country or nation

a foreign country.

carried on abroad, or with other countries

foreign trade.

belonging to or coming from another district, province, etc.

located outside a specific district, province, etc.

Law .

of or pertaining to law outside of local jurisdiction.

of or pertaining to another jurisdiction, as of another nation or state.

belonging to or proceeding from other persons or things

a statement supported by foreign testimony.

not belonging to the place or body where found

foreign matter in a chemical mixture.

not related to or connected with the thing under consideration

foreign to our discussion.

alien in character; irrelevant or inappropriate; remote.

strange or unfamiliar.

adjective

local , national , native , characteristic , familiar , known , regular , relevant

adjective

adopted , alien , alienated , antipodal , barbarian , barbaric , borrowed , derived , different , distant , estranged , exiled , exotic , expatriate , external , extralocal , extraneous , extrinsic , far , faraway , far-fetched , far-off , from abroad , immigrant , imported , inaccessible , nonnative , nonresident , not domestic , not native , offshore , outlandish , outside , overseas , remote , strange , transoceanic , unaccustomed , unexplored , unfamiliar , unknown , accidental , adventitious , heterogeneous , immaterial , impertinent , inapposite , incompatible , incongruous , inconsistent , inconsonant , irrelative , repugnant , unassimilable , uncharacteristic , unrelated , adventive , inapplicable , inappropriate , irrelevant , peregrinate , peregrine , tramontane , ultramontane , ultramundane