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alien

/ˈeɪ.li.ən/noun, verb, adjective3 syllables

Alien means: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world.

Synonyms for alien27

noun, as in a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

foreigner, noncitizen, outlander

noun, as in anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

stranger, unknown

noun, as in a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial

verb, as in transfer property or ownership

alienate

adjective, as in being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

exotic, foreign, strange

adjective, as in not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

foreign, extrinsic

also used for alien

allotrious, acquired, additional, adventitious, ascititious, extraneous, fremd, monstrous, weird, aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre, booky

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What does alien mean?6

adjective

1

being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world“alien customs”

2

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something“an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism”

noun

1

a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

2

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

3

a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

verb

1

transfer property or ownership“The will aliened the property to the heirs”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with alien?1

four syllables

mammalian
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Alien in a sentence

  • Gabriel shot at the alien, damaging its shield.Amastan
  • The alien emitted electricity, causing the van to move.Amastan
  • My cat is blue, because he's an alien cat.araneo
  • It has to be an alien, since no terrestrial creature looks like that.frpzzd
  • Maybe, other advanced alien civilizations are already postbiological.nonong
  • This is not an alien, it's just a strange animal.marcelostockle
  • Damiano’s bracelet started beeping, alerting him that the aliens were coming.Amastan
  • I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.shekitten

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of alien

as a noun

plural
aliens

as a verb

third-person singular
aliens
present participle
aliening
past participle
aliened
past tense
aliened