Antonyms 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.

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

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

   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.

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

   Synonyms:
   foreigner, stranger

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

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1. alien

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

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

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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

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsic, intrinsical

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

2. stranger, alien, unknownnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   intrinsic, native, intrinsical

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

3. extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alienadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsical, intrinsic

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   intrinsical, native, intrinsic

   Synonyms:
   extraneous, foreign, exotic, strange

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"

   Antonyms:
   intrinsical, native, intrinsic

   Synonyms:
   foreign, exotic

6. alien, alienateverb

   transfer property or ownership

   "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsical, intrinsic

   Synonyms:
   alienate, disaffect, estrange

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"

   Antonyms:
   native, intrinsical, intrinsic

   Synonyms:
   alienate, disaffect, estrange

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1. alienadjective

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

2. aliennoun

   Synonyms:
   foreigner

How to use alien in a sentence?

1. Jessica Appelgren:

   You could see the backdrop through my eyes, i just looked like an alien.

2. Hunter Waite:

   Specific identification of these organic compounds is the next step in our search for life in Enceladus' ocean, the complexity of the organic compounds identified was beyond our wildest expectations : nonsoluble complex organics floating as a film on an alien ocean. Wrap your head around that.

3. Elena Kagan:

   So too here, it's not clear that you would say an alien is inadmissible if the alien has just been admitted.

4. John F. Kennedy:

   We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

5. Erik Pevernagie:

   Everybody is an alien to somebody else. The other can be heaven or can be hell. Still and all, the other remains an opportunity to discover ourselves. ( "Le ciel c'est l'autre" )

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