| Main Entry: | extrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
Synonyms: |
acquired, alien, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, gained, imported, outer, outside, outward, superficial |
Antonyms: |
essential, integral, interior, intrinsic, necessary |
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
Synonyms: |
conflicting, contrary, estranged, exotic, extraneous, extrinsic, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, opposed, remote, separate, unusual |
Antonyms: |
akin, appropriate, native, proper |
| Main Entry: | exotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not native or usual; mysterious |
Synonyms: |
alien, alluring, avant garde, bizarre, colorful, curious, different, enticing, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, fascinating, foreign, glamorous, imported, introduced, kinky*, outlandish, outside, peculiar, peregrine, romantic, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual, way out, weird* |
| Notes: | erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual |
Antonyms: |
familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
| Main Entry: | exterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside |
Synonyms: |
exoteric, external, extraneous, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, extrinsic, foreign, marginal, outdoor, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface |
Antonyms: |
central, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
Synonyms: |
adventitious, alien, exotic, external, extrinsic, out of place, strange |
Antonyms: |
national, native |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
Synonyms: |
adopted, alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, derived, different, distant, estranged, exiled, exotic, expatriate, external, extralocal, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, far-off, faraway, from abroad, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, transoceanic, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown |
Antonyms: |
local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant |
Synonyms: |
accidental, adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic, heterogeneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapposite, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irrelative, repugnant, unassimilable, uncharacteristic, unrelated |
Antonyms: |
characteristic, familiar, known, regular, relevant |
| Main Entry: | outer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | external, exposed |
Synonyms: |
alien, beyond, exoteric, exterior, extraneous, extrinsic, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outward, over, peripheral, remote, superficial, surface, without |
Antonyms: |
central, inner, interior |
| Main Entry: | parenthetical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incidental |
Synonyms: |
bracketed, by the way, episodic, explanatory, extraneous, extrinsic, in parenthesis, incidental, inserted, intermediate, interposed, qualifying, related, subordinate |
Antonyms: |
basic, consequential, important |
| Main Entry: | remote |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant, unrelated |
Synonyms: |
abstracted, alien, alone, apart, detached, exclusive, extraneous, extrinsic, farfetched, foreign, immaterial, inappropriate, indirect, nongermane, obscure, outside, pointless, removed, strange, unconnected |
Antonyms: |
close, related, relevant |