Foreign
Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.
Usage example: more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages
Multinational and foreign are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Multinational" instead an adjective "Foreign".
Nearby Word: foreigner
Multinational
Multinational adjective - Relating to or involving two or more nations.
Usage example: multinational efforts to negotiate a lasting peace in the region
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Synonyms for Multinational
Foreign and multinational are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreign" instead an adjective "Multinational".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He's not Greek (but definitely foreign), and his gang is multinational, with Israelis, Russians, and at least one genuine Greek as The Dragon.
Source: Generic Ethnic Crime Gang -
However, the antagonists have been changed from Afghan Islamic extremists to a multinational, multilingual, foreign militia called the Ten Rings.
Source: Film / Iron Man - Invoked in Darths & Droids during the attack on the Peace Moon, when the GM tried to present the Rebels as a Multinational Team by having Rebel NPCs to speak various foreign languages... poorly.
Source: Gratuitous Foreign Language
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