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Alien
see synonyms of alienNoun
1. alien, foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
3. alien, extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial being
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
Verb
4. alien, alienate
transfer property or ownership
Example Sentences:'The will aliened the property to the heirs'
5. alien, alienate, disaffect, estrange
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Example Sentences:'She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious'
Adjective
6. alien, foreign
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
Example Sentences:'an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism''the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper''jealousy is foreign to her nature'
7. alien, exotic
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Example Sentences:'alien customs''exotic plants in a greenhouse''exotic cuisine'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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