Alien synonyms and antonyms

ā'lē-ən, āl'yən

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extraterrestrial
An extraterrestrial being or life form.
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martian
A being from or living on the planet Mars, as in science fiction
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outlander
A foreigner; alien; stranger
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outlandish
Very odd, strange, or peculiar; fantastic; bizarre
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extra-terrestrial (related)
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foreign national
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exterrestrial
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extraprovincial
Outside a province.
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refugee
A person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, as in a time of war or of political or religious persecution
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strange
Queer; peculiar; odd
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foreigner
The definition of a foreigner is a person born in a different country, or an outsider.
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barbarian
(Derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
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intruder
Someone who intrudes.
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disaffect
To make unfriendly, discontented, or disloyal, as toward the government or some other authority
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nonnative
Someone who is not a native
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space creature
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tramontane
One living beyond the mountains; a foreigner; a stranger.
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native (antonym)
An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
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repugnant (related)
Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive:
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invader
One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
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visitor
Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
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opposed
Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
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exotic
From another part of the world; foreign:
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noncitizen
Someone who is not a citizen of the country in question
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gaijin (Japanese)
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nonresident
One who lives away from the locality of one's business, school, etc.
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national (antonym)
A subject of a nation.
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indigenous (related)
(Chiefly of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion. [from 17th c.]
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estrange
To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
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squatter
The definition of a squatter is a person who occupies a building without a legal right to be there.
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interloper
(Archaic) An unauthorized trading vessel in areas assigned to monopolies or chartered companies
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auslander
A foreigner; outsider; alien
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local (antonym)
(Rail transport) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
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foreign (related)
Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
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Unlike
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adventitious
Originating from an external source, especially as a contaminant:
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adverse
(Not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
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contradictory
Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
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estranged
The definition of estranged is separated or in a distant relationship.
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external
Suitable for application to the outside:
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extraneous
The definition of extraneous is irrelevant, not essential or coming from the outside.
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impertinent
Not showing proper respect or manners; insolent; impudent
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inappropriate
The definition of inappropriate is someone or something that is not within the bounds of what is considered appropriate or socially acceptable.
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incongruousremote
Of foreign extraction
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inconsistent
Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially:
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irrelevant
Not relevant; not pertinent; not to the point; not relating to the subject
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unallied
Not allied.
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unfamiliar
Not within one's knowledge; strange:
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different
(Mathematics) The different ideal.
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hostile
A hostile person
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peregrine
A peregrine falcon.
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philistine
Alternative capitalization of Philistine
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remote
Short for remote control.
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ultramontane
Someone who acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope
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alienate
To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange:
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divide
To divide is defined as to separate into two or more parts.
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appropriate (antonym)
Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
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proper (antonym)
Specially adapted or suitable to a specific purpose or specific conditions; appropriate
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akin (antonym)
Having a similar quality or character; analogous.
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countryman (antonym)
A person from one's own country; a compatriot.
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citizen (antonym)
A civilian, as distinguished from a person in military service, from a policeman, etc.
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settler (antonym)
One who settles in a new region, especially a region that has few occupants or that is occupied by people of a different ethnic or religious group.
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stranger
A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
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immigrant
A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
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emigre
An emigrant, one who departs their native land to become an immigrant in another, especially a political exile.
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extrinsic
The definition of extrinsic refers to a non-essential part, or to something that is not really relevant to the heart of the matter.
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émigré
A person coming from another country or into a new community
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newcomer
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
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outsider
One who is excluded from or does not belong to a group, association, or set.
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cede
To transfer the title or ownership of
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deed
The act of granting a deed in property to another.
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grant
To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
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make over
(Idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them
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assign
(Law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
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convey
(Law) To transfer ownership of or title to.
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endemic (related)
Native to a particular country, nation, or region
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extraterrestrial being
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
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unknown
(Mathematics) A quantity of unknown numerical value.
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deracine
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disrelated
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exterritorial
Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
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extragalactic
Outside or beyond our own galaxy
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extrapolar
From outside of a polar region
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extrasolar
(Astrophysics) Of or originating in a solar system other than Earth's
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extraterritorial
Of extraterritoriality
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foreign-born
Foreign by birth; not native to the country in which one resides.
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unrelatable
Not relatable.
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disunify
To cause to cease to be unified; to split up or dissociate.
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uitlander
A native of Great Britain who resided in either of the former republics of the Orange Free State and Transvaal.
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extraterrene
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extratribal
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meshuggenah
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out-group
(Sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
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intergalactic (related)
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extra-dimensional (related)
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extra-terrestrials (related)
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undead (related)
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humanoid (related)
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cylons (related)
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android (related)
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zombie (related)
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law (related)
(Informal, Dial.) To take legal action (against)
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dissimilar
The definition of dissimilar is things that are different.
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migrant
A person, bird, or animal that migrates
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emigrant
One that emigrates.
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expatriate
An expatriated person
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displaced-person
One who has been driven from one's homeland or place of residence by war, internal upheaval, or natural disaster.
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guest
Any paying customer of a hotel, restaurant, etc.
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ishmael
A male given name.
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outcast
One that has been excluded from a society or system.
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tenderfoot
A newcomer to the ranching and mining country of the West, unused to the hardships of the life
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stateless person
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migratory worker
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gringo (Spanish)
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unusual (related)
The definition of unusual is something rare or out of the ordinary.
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sign over
To sign a document transferring property or rights to somebody else
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transfer
(Law) To make over the possession or legal title of (property, for example); convey.
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give (related)
(May take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
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man without a country
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Synonym Study

  • ?émigré, to a citizen of one country who has left it to take political refuge in another
  • Immigrant , to a person who comes to another country to settle
  • Stranger , to a person from another region who is unacquainted with local people, customs, etc.
  • Foreigner , to a visitor or resident from another country, esp. one with a different language, cultural pattern, etc.
  • Alien is applied to a resident who bears political allegiance to another country
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Alien Sentence Examples

  • His face looked pale and he rode with an alien stiffness.

  • On the 5th of March 1440-1441, the king endowed the college out of alien priories with some scpc, a year, almost exactly the amount of the original endowment of Winchester.

  • It seems so alien to his nature.

  • The deaf child who has only the sign language of De l'Epee is an intellectual Philip Nolan, an alien from all races, and his thoughts are not the thoughts of an Englishman, or a Frenchman, or a Spaniard.

  • At this period they controlled more of the foreign and colonial trade than all the other alien merchants in London put together.

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