nonresident

[non-rez-i-duhnt] / nɒnˈrɛz ɪ dənt /

ADJECTIVE

foreign

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien different external offshore overseas unfamiliar

STRONG

strange

WEAK

barbarian borrowed distant exotic expatriate extralocal extraneous extrinsic far-off faraway from abroad immigrant imported nonnative not domestic not native outlandish outside transoceanic unaccustomed unknown

Antonyms

STRONGEST

indigenous

WEAK

characteristic domestic familiar known local national native

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China's campaign of keeping tabs on dissidents around the world is motivated by the belief that criticism threatens the country's stability, said Claire Chu, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Blair Levin is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former chief of staff at the Federal Communications Commission.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

K. Tristan Tang, a Taipei-based nonresident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research, said the lull likely reflected a revision of Chinese military training procedures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“The aid wouldn’t surprise me, but there are also coverage gaps in Russian satellite imagery,” said Nicole Grajewski, nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Appear in the courts for nonresident clients in United States land cases, etc.

From Remarks by Nye, Bill

nonresident

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