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   a·li·en

   /ˈālyən/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to a foreign country or nation. Similar foreignoverseasnonnativeexternaldistantremoteOpposite native
   • ▪ unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful: "bossing anyone around was alien to him" Similar unfamiliarunknownunheard offoreignstrangepeculiaroddbizarreoutlandishremoteexoticnovelincompatible withunusual foropposed toconflicting withcontrary toadverse toin conflict withat variance withantagonistic tounacceptable torepugnant tohostile toinimical torare:oppugnant toOpposite familiarfamiliar
   • ▪ relating to or denoting beings supposedly from other worlds; extraterrestrial: "an alien spacecraft" Similar extraterrestrialotherworldlyunearthlyMartianVenutianJovianOpposite earthly
   • ▪ (of a plant or animal species) introduced from another country and later naturalized.

   noun

   • 1. a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living: "an illegal alien" Similar foreignerforeign nationalnonnativeimmigrantemigrantémigréincomernewcomervisitoroutsiderstrangerOpposite native
   • ▪ a hypothetical or fictional being from another world. Similar extraterrestrialETMartianVenutianJovianinformal:little green man
   • ▪ a plant or animal species originally introduced from another country and later naturalized.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. alienness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   The meaning of ALIEN is belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing : strange. How to use alien in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Alien.

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   Something that's alien is different or foreign. In science fiction, space aliens come from other planets. When we talk about aliens , or things that are alien , we're talking about things and people that are different and strange to us — like an alien from outer space.

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