OVERSEAS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

overseas

adjective

Definition of overseas

as in international

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Recent Examples of overseas Cutting out overseas refining Altilium is expanding its intellectual property by advancing international patent applications across key global jurisdictions to lay the ground for future technology licensing opportunities. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 Still, with more than 40,000 industry jobs lost in the past few years, soundstages and vendor storefronts sitting empty, and lucrative overseas incentives seducing even more production away, things are bleak in town right now. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Such fraudulence bore only poisoned fruit, swelling overseas bank accounts for the Manchurian candidates who were seeding duplicity into the loam of their nation’s imagination. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 In a statement carried by state media KCNA, Kim accused Japan of moving beyond a defensive posture and turning its armed forces into a force capable of pre-emptive attacks and overseas military operations. — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overseas

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Adjective

McAtee was seen as a player who was at his best in the final third, somebody with the quality to, one day, make the step up to the senior international side.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Colombia has begun receiving international aid and rescuers after initially refusing some offers in the crucial hours following Monday’s devastating earthquake.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of international

Adjective

More than one-third of New Yorkers are foreign-born, according to a 2026 city report.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
Roughly one in five Floridians is foreign-born, and immigrants make up close to half the workforce in the industries the state runs on.

— Paula de la Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of foreign-born

Adjective

These exotic forms of metal alloys are not as regular as crystals, but not amorphous like glass, which gives them unusual properties.

— Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
There’s Tom Crutchfield, who loves women with the ardor of Pepé Le Pew but spends most of his time not in pursuit of the ladies but of exotic snakes, lizards, alligators, turtles and whatnot.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of exotic

Adjective

Your destination might have clear skies and calm water, but a distant storm can still disrupt your travel plans.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
The Republican primary is a noisy but ultimately uneventful fight to finish a distant second.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of distant

Adjective

Automobile horns echoed here and there in the distance, and as the government railway train departed the station under the bridge, a string of small lights heralded the far-off clacking of its wheels.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
The high frontier of space is no longer a far-off place only accessible by a select few elite projects and governments.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of far-off

Adjective

Inside Colombia, tremors from the quake’s epicenter reached as far as the remote region of Chocó on Monday, where sparse inroads could potentially delay efforts to reach more than half a million residents, according to Grece.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The World Health Organization said on Monday that the outbreak likely started in February, long before authorities detected it in one of Congo’s most remote and vulnerable areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of remote

Adjective

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

Definition of nonindigenous

Adjective

In Cali, a woman was pulled from under a mountain of rubble on Tuesday to cheers as firemen carried her out on a stretcher following a complex, multinational rescue operation.

— Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Banks, investors, logistics companies, and multinational firms have used the city to manage relationships throughout Latin America, giving South Florida a commercial reach far beyond its local economy.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

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