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alien
('/eI/l/j//@/n )

adjective (a)

  • Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
    Antonym:
    citizen
    source: wordnet30
  • anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    stranger, unknown
    Antonym:
    acquaintance, friend
    source: wordnet30
  • a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial being
    source: wordnet30
  • A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something(adj.all)
    Example:
    An economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism.
    Synonym:
    foreign
    source: wordnet30
  • being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world(adj.all)
    Example:
    Alien customs.
    Synonym:
    exotic
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • transfer property or ownership(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The will aliened the property to the heirs.
    Synonym:
    alienate
    source: wordnet30
  • arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious.
    Synonym:
    alienate, disaffect, estrange
    source: wordnet30
  • To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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