Alien

//ˈeɪ.li.ən//

Synonyms for "alien" (344 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (69)

Strong matches (103)

detached disaccordant disaffect disconnected discrete disjunct displaced person disrelated dissentient dissociated disunify disunite division dp eccentric emigrant emigre enemy estrange ethnocentrism

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Adjective(24 words)

deviant different discrepant eerie eldritch errant exceptional extraneous extraordinary extraterrestrial fey forby foreign freak freakish freaky funny heteroclite hinky incongruitous

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incongruous intrusive irregular irrelevant

Adjective(2 words)

exotic foreign

Noun(4 words)

extraterrestrial extraterrestrial being fremd guest

Related words (172)

jim crow know-nothingism kook lone wolf loner make over man from mars martian maverick meshuggenah narrowness natural negative negotiate newcomer nonconformist noncooperative nut obstinate odd fellow

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oddball oddity opponent opposed opposing opposite oppositional oppositive oppugnant original other otherworldly otherworldy out group out-group outcast outener outland outlander outlandish outlaw outside outsider overseas overthwart pariah parochialism pass pass on pass over persona non grata perverse planetary colony quarantine queer duck queer fish queer specimen race hatred racial segregation rara avis recalcitrant refractory refugee relinquish remise remote removed repugnant rival rocket man rocketeer screwball seclusion segregate segregation sell separate separated separation settle sign over snobbishness solitary space space alien space crew space traveler spaceman strange surrender the wandering jew tightness trade tramontane tramp transcendental transfer transmit transmundane turn over type uitlander ulterior ultramontane unaffiliated unallied unassociated unconnected uncooperative unearthly unfamiliar unfavorable unfriendly unpropitious unrelatable unrelated wanderer wean xenophobia zealot

Proper Noun(1 words)

johnny foreigner

Adjective(39 words)

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rum rummy selcouth seld singular supplemental trippy uncanny uncommon unconventional unearthly unexpected unreasonable unusual unwonted weird weirdsome xenomorphic yampy

Noun(11 words)

noncitizen noninhabitant nonlocal nonnational outcomeling outener peregrine reject space alien strangeling unknown

Verb(1 words)

transfer

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

7 entries

hypothetical creature interloper intruder transfer traveler traveller trespasser

Antonyms

1 entries

human

Synonyms

8 entries

alienate exotic extraterrestrial extraterrestrial being foreign foreigner fremd stranger

capable of

1 entries

look scary

derived

21 entries

alien abduction alien hand syndrome alien nucleic acid alien prior alien priory alien reproduction vehicle alien space bats alien species alienage alienish alienlike aliensdidit ancient alien casual alien ego alien gray alien

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

else

has context

1 entries

legal

is a

3 entries

being person software

manner of

1 entries

transfer

related to

44 entries

alienage alienate alienish alienlike animal another bug country creature estrange extraterrestrial family follower foreigner form from another

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similar

3 entries

extrinsic foreign strange

Translations

388 translations across 61 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

huaj (i/e) noun (person, etc. from outside)
huaj (i/e) noun (foreigner)
jashtëtokësor noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ξένος adj (not belonging to the same country)
ἀλλότριος adj (not belonging to the same country)

Arabic

4 entries

أَجْنَبِيَّة noun (foreigner)
أَجْنَبِيّ noun (foreigner)
غَرِيب noun (person, etc. from outside)
غَرِيبَة noun (person, etc. from outside)

Armenian

4 entries

այլմոլորակային adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
օտար adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
այլմոլորակային noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
օտար noun (person, etc. from outside)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

gəlmə noun (person, etc. from outside)
uzaylı noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
xarici noun (foreigner)
yadplanetli noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Belarusian

4 entries

чужапланеця́нка noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
чужапланеця́нін noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
іншапланеця́нка noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
іншапланеця́нін noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

чужд adj (not belonging to the same country)
чуждестранен adj (not belonging to the same country)
извънзе́мен noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
извънзе́мна noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Catalan

4 entries

alienígena adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
aliè adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
alié adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
extraterrestre adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

外來的 /外来的 adj (not belonging to the same country)
外人 noun (foreigner)
外國人 /外国人 noun (foreigner)
外星人 noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Czech

4 entries

cizinec noun (person, etc. from outside)
cizinec noun (foreigner)
mimozemšťan noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
mimozemšťanka noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Danish

4 entries

fremmedartet adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
udenlandsk adj (not belonging to the same country)
alien noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
rumvæsen noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Dutch

4 entries

allochtoon adj (not belonging to the same country)
buitenaards adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
buitenlands adj (not belonging to the same country)
vreemd adj (very unfamiliar, strange)

Esperanto

4 entries

eksterterula adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
fremda adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
alilandano noun (person, etc. from outside)
alilandano noun (foreigner)

Estonian

4 entries

maaväline adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
välismaine adj (not belonging to the same country)
võõramaine adj (not belonging to the same country)
võõras adj (very unfamiliar, strange)

Faroese

1 entries

rúmdarvera noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Finnish

4 entries

avaruusolento adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
avaruusolio adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
muukalainen adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
vieras adj (very unfamiliar, strange)

French

4 entries

extraterrestre adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
étranger adj (not belonging to the same country)
alien noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
extraterrestre noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Galician

4 entries

estranxeira adj (not belonging to the same country)
estranxeiro adj (not belonging to the same country)
estraña adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
estraño adj (very unfamiliar, strange)

Georgian

4 entries

უცხო noun (person, etc. from outside)
უცხოელი noun (foreigner)
უცხოპლანეტელი noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
უცხოპლანეტური noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

German

4 entries

ausländisch adj (not belonging to the same country)
auswärtig adj (not belonging to the same country)
außerirdisch adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
fremd adj (not belonging to the same country)

Greek

4 entries

ξένος adj (not belonging to the same country)
ξένος adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
εξωγήινος noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
ξένος noun (person, etc. from outside)

Hebrew

4 entries

גֵּר noun (foreigner)
זָר noun (person, etc. from outside)
חַיְזָר noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
חוּצָן noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Hindi

4 entries

अनजान adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
अपरिचित adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
परग्रही adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
विदेशी adj (not belonging to the same country)

Hungarian

4 entries

földönkívüli noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
idegen noun (person, etc. from outside)
idegen noun (foreigner)
űrlakó noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Icelandic

3 entries

aðkomumaður noun (person, etc. from outside)
geimvera noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
útlendingur noun (foreigner)

Ido

3 entries

extraterano noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
stranjero noun (person, etc. from outside)
stranjero noun (foreigner)

Indonesian

4 entries

asing adj (not belonging to the same country)
pendatang baru adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
makhluk angkasa noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
makhluk asing noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

اَجْنَبی noun (foreigner)
بیگانِه noun (foreigner)
خارِجی noun (foreigner)

Irish

4 entries

coimhthíoch adj (not belonging to the same country)
coimhthíoch adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
coimhthíoch noun (person, etc. from outside)
coimhthíoch noun (foreigner)

Italian

4 entries

extraterrestre adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
alieno noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
extraterrestre noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
forestiero noun (foreigner)

Japanese

4 entries

外国の adj (not belonging to the same country)
外来の adj (not belonging to the same country)
異質な adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
相容れない adj (very unfamiliar, strange)

Korean

4 entries

에일리언 noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
외계인 noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
외국인 noun (person, etc. from outside)
외국인 noun (foreigner)

Latin

4 entries

aliēnus adj (not belonging to the same country)
aliēnus adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
peregrīnus adj (not belonging to the same country)
aliēnus noun (person, etc. from outside)

Macedonian

4 entries

во́нземен adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
вонзе́мјански adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
стра́нски adj (not belonging to the same country)
туѓ adj (not belonging to the same country)

Malay

1 entries

makhluk asing noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Middle English

3 entries

alien adj (not belonging to the same country)
alien noun (person, etc. from outside)
alien noun (foreigner)

Middle Persian

2 entries

𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭲𐭪 noun (person, etc. from outside)
𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭲𐭪 noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Māori

4 entries

tautangata adj (not belonging to the same country)
tarutawhiti noun (person, etc. from outside)
tarutawhiti noun (foreigner)
tautangata noun (person, etc. from outside)

Navajo

1 entries

yótʼááh dineʼé dootłʼizhígíí noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Norwegian

2 entries

fremmed adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
utenomjordisk adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

fremmed noun (person, etc. from outside)
romvesen noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

romvesen noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یابانجی noun (foreigner)

Polish

4 entries

cudzoziemski adj (not belonging to the same country)
cudzoziemiec noun (foreigner)
istota pozaziemska noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
kosmita noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Portuguese

4 entries

alheio adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
alienígena adj (not belonging to the same country)
alienígena adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
extraterrestre adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)

Romanian

4 entries

extraterestru adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
nefamiliar adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
străin adj (not belonging to the same country)
extraterestru noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Russian

4 entries

инопланетя́не noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
инопланетя́нин noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
инопланетя́нка noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
иноро́дец noun (foreigner)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

coimheach adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
Gall noun (foreigner)
coigreach noun (person, etc. from outside)
coigreach noun (foreigner)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

izvanzemáljac noun (person, etc. from outside)
izvanzemáljac noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
stránac noun (foreigner)
svemírac noun (person, etc. from outside)

Sicilian

4 entries

aliena noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
alienu noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
furistera noun (person, etc. from outside)
furistera noun (foreigner)

Slovak

2 entries

mimozemšťan noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
mimozemšťanka noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Slovene

2 entries

nezemljan noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
nezemljanka noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Spanish

4 entries

ajeno adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
alienígena adj (not belonging to the same country)
alienígena adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
alienígeno adj (very unfamiliar, strange)

Swedish

4 entries

främmande adj (not belonging to the same country)
främmande adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
utomjordisk adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
främling noun (person, etc. from outside)

Tctar

2 entries

чит noun (person, etc. from outside)
ят noun (person, etc. from outside)

Thai

4 entries

ต่างด้าว adj (not belonging to the same country)
ต่างประเทศ adj (not belonging to the same country)
ฝรั่ง noun (foreigner)
มนุษย์ต่างดาว noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Turkish

4 entries

ecnebi noun (foreigner)
el noun (foreigner)
gavur noun (foreigner)
uzaylı noun (life form of non-Earth origin)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎐𐎋𐎗 noun (foreigner)

Ukrainian

4 entries

позаземний adj (pertaining to extraterrestrial life)
чужи́й adj (very unfamiliar, strange)
чужозе́мний adj (not belonging to the same country)
інозе́мний adj (not belonging to the same country)

Urdu

4 entries

اجنبی noun (person, etc. from outside)
اَجْنَبی noun (foreigner)
بیگانَہ noun (foreigner)
پَرْدیسی noun (foreigner)

Vietnamese

3 entries

người ngoài hành tinh noun (life form of non-Earth origin)
người ngoại quốc noun (foreigner)
người nước ngoài noun (foreigner)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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An Englishman is an alien in the United States.

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It had an effect alien from the one intended.

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The concept is quite alien to our way of thinking.

Source: tatoeba (47964)

Such actions are alien to our beliefs.

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