Synonyms of nonindigenous

nonindigenous

adjective

as in foreign-born

Related Words

• foreign-born
• international
• multinational
• multicultural
• multilateral
• external
• overseas
• naturalized
• nonnative
• introduced
• exotic
• multiculti
• distant
• transplanted
• far-off
• remote
• imported
• alien
• foreign
• bizarre
• outlandish
• strange

Dissimilar Words

• native
• domestic
• local
• indigenous
• endemic
• aboriginal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nonindigenous

Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 June 2025

Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835. — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024

The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife. — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024

Cher learned of Kaavan’s plight in 2016 and hired a legal team to press for his freedom, citing inhumane treatment of a nonindigenous animal. — Charles McDermid and Bopha Phorn, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020

The nearly two million indigenous peoples in Canada are also poorly served by the country’s health care system, with rates of suicide, infant mortality, and chronic disease that are much higher than those of the nonindigenous population. — Nathan Whitlock, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020

Apart from the local activity of the Urarina, other indigenous groups and some nonindigenous people, the Pastaza-Marañón peatlands remain in nearly pristine condition. — Daniel Grossman, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020

Most of Monday’s victims were nonindigenous Papuan people, the police said. — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2019