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Meaning
Noun
●
A person,
animal
,
plant
, or other
thing
which is from outside the family, group, organization, or
territory
under consideration.
⚠️
A person in a country not their own.
●
Any
life form
of
extraterrestrial
or
extradimensional
origin.
●
One
excluded
from certain
privileges
; one
alienated
or estranged.
Adj
●
Not
belonging
to the same country,
land
, or government, or to the
citizens
or
subjects
thereof; foreign.
●
Very
unfamiliar
,
strange
, or removed.
●
Pertaining to
extraterrestrial
life;
typical
of an
extraterrestrial
creature.
Verb
●
To
estrange
; to alienate.
●
In Law:
To
transfer
the
ownership
of something.
Name
●
Alternative form of Alian
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
alien
English
alien
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
alienus
Latin
alius
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Fremd
Guest
Stranger
Outlander
Foreigner
Allotrious
Aliene
Barbarian
Alyaunte
Otherworldly
Nonlocal
Exotic
Foreign
Extraterrestrial
Foreigners
Noninhabitant
Extraneous
Strangeling
Peregrine
More
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Outsider
Earthling
Insect
Amoeba
Octopus
Humanoid
Martian
Creature
Animal
Unfamiliar
Elephant
Impostor
Unnatural
Immigrant
Intruder
Mysterious
Enemy
Individual
Orangutan
Strange
Human
Insectoid
Avatar
Hostile
Angel
Person
Astronaut
Mutant
Man
Amphibian
Outcast
Bizarre
Incomprehensible
Interloper
Abstract
Intergalactic
Actor
Object
Distant
Unusual
Predator
Organism
Adult
Inferior
Inmate
Offender
Zombie
Owl
Refugee
Body Snatcher
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