exterritorial

1. 1.

   outside territorial limits or jurisdiction

   “fishing in extraterritorial waters”

   “enjoying exterritorial privileges and rights”

   Synonymsextraterritorial

Questions about exterritorial

What does exterritorial mean?

exterritorial means "outside territorial limits or jurisdiction".

How many syllables are in exterritorial?

exterritorial has 6 syllables: ex-ter-ri-to-ri-al. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for exterritorial?

Close synonyms include extraterritorial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exterritorial a common word?

exterritorial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.