abroad

Speech parts

1. abroad - Noun

2. abroad - Adverb

3. abroad - Preposition

5. abroad - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.

Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.

Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.

Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

overseas foreign afield in foreign lands out of the country in a foreign country in foreign parts eurasian anglo-saxon cornish peregrine about out around international
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Antonyms

fatherland home local forced homeland motherland
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Phrases with the word

the schoolmaster is abroad not travel abroad sell abroad buy from abroad bruit abroad direct investment abroad

Anagrams

aboard aborad Baroda

Examples

It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate. Ambrose

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad. George Bernard Shaw

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. Deng Xiaoping

You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home. Russian Proverb

Be a lion at home and a fox abroad. Persian Proverb

Help from abroad always comes when the rain has stopped. Rwandan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

abrineurin abristle abroach abroad area abroad economics abroad field