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Definitions for Alien

[1] Often Disparaging and Offensive . a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen). See also resident alien, illegal alien.
[2] a foreigner.
[3] a person who has been estranged or excluded.
[4] a creature from outer space; extraterrestrial(def 2) .
[5] residing under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there.
[6] belonging or relating to aliens: alien property.
[7] unlike one's own; strange; not belonging to one: alien speech.
[8] adverse; hostile; opposed (usually followed by to or from ): ideas alien to modern thinking.
[9] extraterrestrial(def 1) .
[10] a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he lives; foreigner
[11] any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists
[12] (in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial
[13] unnaturalized; foreign
[14] having foreign allegiance alien territory
[15] unfamiliar; strange an alien quality in a work of art
[16] (postpositive and foll by to ) repugnant or opposed (to) war is alien to his philosophy
[17] (in science fiction) of or from another world
[18] (tr) rare to transfer (property, etc) to another

Words related to Alien

exotic, unusual, incongruous, outsider, stranger, visitor, refugee, foreigner, migrant, intruder, immigrant, settler, conflicting, remote, separate, contrary, opposed, estranged, invader, guest

Words nearby Alien

alice-in-wonderland, alicia, alick, alicyclic, alidade, alien, alien and sedition acts, alienable, alienage, alienate, alienation

Origin of Alien

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin aliēnus, equivalent to *alies- (ali-, base of alius other + -es- noun suffix) + -nus adj. suffix

Other words from Alien

non·al·ien , noun, adjective
pro·al·ien , adjective

Word origin for Alien

C14: from Latin aliēnus foreign, from alius other

Synonyms for Alien

exotic, incongruous, unusual, conflicting, contrary, estranged, opposed, remote, separate, extraneous, extrinsic, inappropriate, incompatible