An Englishman is an alien in the United States.
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Alien
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
Synonyms for "alien" (308 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Noun(8 words)
foreignerextraterrestrialnoncitizenoutlanderstrangeralien life formbarbarian behaviorbarbarian customs
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (92)
dissentientdissociateddisunifydisunitedivisiondpeccentricemigrantemigreenemyestrangeethnocentrismexchangeexclusivenessexileexoticexteriorexternalexterrestrialexterritorial
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extragalacticextralateralextraliminalextramundaneextramuralextraneousextrapolarextraprovincialextrasolarextraterreneextraterrestrialextraterritorialextratribalextrinsicfanaticfantasticforeignforeign devilforeign-bornforeignerfractiousgivegive upgringohandhand downhand onhand overhermithobohostileimmigrantincommensurableincomparableincompatibleincongruousinconsonantindependentinimicalinsularinsularityinsulationintrusiveirrelativeirrelevantisolatedisolationjim crowknow-nothingismkooklone wolf
Adjective(13 words)
Noun(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (154)
lonermake overman from marsmartianmaverickmeshuggenahnarrownessnaturalnegativenegotiatenewcomernonconformistnoncooperativenutobstinateodd fellowoddballoddityopponentopposed
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opposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantoriginalotherotherworldlyout groupout-groupoutcastoutlandoutlanderoutlandishoutlawoutsideoutsideroverseasoverthwartpariahparochialismpasspass onpass overpersona non grataperverseplanetary colonyquarantinequeer duckqueer fishqueer specimenrace hatredracial segregationrara avisrecalcitrantrefractoryrefugeerelinquishremiseremoteremovedrepugnantrivalrocket manrocketeerscrewballseclusionsegregatesegregationsellseparateseparatedseparationsettlesign oversnobbishnesssolitaryspacespace crewspace travelerspacemanstrangestrangersurrenderthe wandering jewtightnesstradetramontanetramptranscendentaltransfertransmittransmundaneturn overtypeuitlanderulteriorultramontaneunaffiliatedunalliedunassociatedunconnecteduncooperativeunearthlyunfamiliarunfavorableunfriendlyunpropitiousunrelatableunrelatedwandererweanxenophobiazealot
Noun(28 words)
marcianomore foreignmore nonnativemost foreignmost non-romaniannon danish soilnon norwegiannon romannon-greek citizennon-greek residentnonhumannonlocalnonnativenonresidentsnoveltyoddoddityother earthsoutsiderpeculiar
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Adjective(9 words)
non dutch personnon greeknon greeksnon-french languagenon-italiannonnationalnonterrestrialstrangestunfamiliar country
Preposition(1 words)
outside danish soil
Verb(2 words)
remain noncitizentransfer
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesbeingforeignnesshypothetical creatureideainterloperintruderotherworldlinessperceived traitpersontransfertravelertravellertrespasser
More specific
13 entriesMartianemigrantillegal alienimmigrantmigrantnonresidentodditypeculiarityresident alienspace creaturestrange devicestrangenessunfamiliar object
Collocations
9 entriesalien culturealien invasionalien languagealien lifealien life formalien planetalien registrationalien rightsalien species
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
25 total sentences available.
It had an effect alien from the one intended.
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The concept is quite alien to our way of thinking.
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Such actions are alien to our beliefs.
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