Synonyms for alien
ˈeɪl yən, ˈeɪ li ənalien

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1. alienadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Synonyms:
   conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

2. aliennoun

   A naturalized citizen is not an alien, though a foreigner by birth, and perhaps a stranger in the place where he resides. A person of foreign birth not naturalized is an alien, though he may have been resident in the country a large part of a lifetime, and ceased to be a stranger to its people or institutions. He is an alien in one country if his allegiance is to another. The people of any country still residing in their own land are, strictly speaking, foreigners to the people of all other countries, rather than aliens; but alien and foreigner are often used synonymously.

   Synonyms:
   foreigner, stranger

   Antonyms:
   citizen, countryman, fellow-countryman, native, native-born inhabitant, naturalized person

   Preposition:
   Aliens to (more rarely from) our nation and laws; aliens in our land, among our people.

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1. alien

   Synonyms:
   foreign, strange, undomesticated, inappropriate, irrelevant, impertinent

   Antonyms:
   pertinent, essential, proper, appropriate, relevant, germane, akin, apropos, naturalized

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1. foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlandernoun

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

   Synonyms:
   unknown, extraterrestrial, stranger, foreigner, outsider, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsic, intrinsical

2. stranger, alien, unknownnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   unknown region, extraterrestrial, stranger, unknown, terra incognita, unknown quantity, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being, foreigner

   Antonyms:
   intrinsic, native, intrinsical

3. extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alienadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   unknown, stranger, extraterrestrial, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being, foreigner

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsical, intrinsic

4. alien, foreignadjective

   not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   extraneous, foreign, exotic, strange

   Antonyms:
   intrinsical, native, intrinsic

5. alien, exoticverb

   being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

   "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

   Synonyms:
   foreign, exotic

   Antonyms:
   intrinsical, native, intrinsic

6. alien, alienateverb

   transfer property or ownership

   "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

   Synonyms:
   alienate, disaffect, estrange

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsical, intrinsic

7. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffectverb

   arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

   Synonyms:
   alienate, disaffect, estrange

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsical, intrinsic

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1. alienadjective

   Synonyms:
   foreign, not native

2. alienadjective

   Synonyms:
   estranged, differing, remote, unallied, separated, unconnected

3. aliennoun

   Synonyms:
   foreigner, stranger

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1. alienadjective

   Synonyms:
   foreign, adverse, inconsistent, unallied, incongruous remote

2. aliennoun

   Synonyms:
   foreigner

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1. List of paraphrases for "alien":

   exotic, foreign, foreigner, extraterrestrial, aliens, non-native, stranger, foreigners, strange, non-citizen, abroad, non-national, étranger, 'étranger, extraneous, outlander, outsider

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1. Thomas Homan:

   These politicians, they need to talk to the victims of alien crime, talk to the parents that I talk to that lost children at the hands of criminal aliens.

2. David Marin:

   It’s troubling for us because here’s a criminal alien, somebody that we can use our unique authorities to not only remove them from the community.

3. Helen Zia:

   This is a common thread for the history of Asians in America whether it’s an economic crisis or somebody to blame for the World Trade Center being destroyed: It’s Asians, yellow and brown people that have historically been scapegoated and blamed for these things, it goes to a threat that is more than a couple of hundred years old — blaming a group that is seen as the forever-enemy alien.

4. James Harvey Robinson:

   American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to fuse it in the native good-will, complacency thoughtlessness, and optimism.

5. Xavier Jenkins:

   These prehistoric ecosystems are not as alien as once thought, and are... eerily familiar in composition to those of today.