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 During a press conference last Sunday, authorities said that at least 261 foreigners from 23 countries were among the missing. — Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Travel to Tibet requires special government permission for all foreigners, especially journalists, even if they are fully accredited to work in China. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Almost all of Serum’s patients are foreigners, according to Ampatzi. — Lj Dawson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 In its latest update, China reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, including 261 foreigners. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 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 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

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Literally, my work is to try to make strangers laugh and to stare at their faces.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
But that kind of growth, without shared purpose, just created a bigger room full of strangers.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of strangers

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Students describe Oberlin as a kind of oasis, a place where high-school misfits can find a community of outsiders.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Joe Kloc’s portrait of a group of outsiders living on boats in Marin County provides a record of a community many wish would quietly disappear.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

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