alien 
alien (āl′yən, āl′ē ən)
adjective
- belonging to another country or people; foreign
- strange; not natural cruel words alien to his lips
- opposed or repugnant beliefs alien to one's religion
- of aliens
Etymology: ME & OFr < L alienus < alius, other: see else
noun
- a foreigner
- a foreign-born resident in a country who has not become a naturalized citizen
- an outsider
- in science fiction, a being in or from outer space and not native to the Earth; extraterrestrial
transitive verb
to transfer (land, property, etc.)
Etymology: ME alienen < OFr aliener < L alienare
alien
modif.
Of foreign extraction
Unlike
different, dissimilar, outlandish, opposed; see repugnant 1, unusual 2. See syn. study atforeign.
alien
n.
alien is applied to a resident who bears political allegiance to another country; foreigner, to a visitor or resident from another country, esp. one with a different language, cultural pattern, etc.; stranger, to a person from another region who is unacquainted with local people, customs, etc.; immigrant, to a person who comes to another country to settle; ?émigré, to a citizen of one country who has left it to take political refuge in another
n
- One who is not a citizen, national, or subject of a particular country.
- One who is not a citizen, national, or subject of the country in which he resides.
- One who is born in or owes his allegiance to a foreign country.
deportable alien
illegal alien
- An alien who enters or remains in the United States without legal authorization or by fraud.
- An alien who marries an American citizen, but with no intention of living with his or her spouse as husband and wife, for the purpose of improperly entering the United States or avoiding deportation.
inadmissible alien
nonresident alien
resident alien
Converse of object
- zap: It demands a great deal from the player but gives good value and is a refreshing change from zapping aliens.
- invade: Mysterious invading aliens who want to conquer our corner of the galaxy, present.
- blast: Playing games is not only the preserve of the younger generation, with seven per cent of the sample tackling tombs and blasting aliens!
Converse of subject
- abduct: Max doesn't believe he was abducted by aliens, I believe he was.
- kidnap: Odd that... Jason Kane: 20th century guy, kidnaped by aliens and taken to the future where he met and married Bernice.
Adjective modifier
- undocumented: Month undocumented aliens the risk of the needs of.
- non-resident: The United States does not tax non-resident aliens for any interest income or dividend income derived from the United States.
- illegal: I thought India was going to be an illegal alien.
- undesirable: I have known Sharon for 20 years and far from being an undesirable alien who should be deported she is a model citizen.
- invasive: Impact of man, disruption by invasive aliens, and the problems of conservation.
- hostile: How would you describe your music to hostile aliens?
Modifies a noun
- abduction: Look, I'm not making this up, it all fits the profile of alien abduction.
- invader: I knew from the moment I was crushed by the alien invaders that video games would always play a part in my life.
- invasion: Meanwhile the President of the United States has to contend with a possible alien invasion.
- spacecraft: The alien spacecraft sits on a desolate plain on a distant planet.
- spaceship: Level Four This is set in space, with the baddies including alien spaceships that appear to be totally made up out of tubes.
- visitation: Mr Cowie is not the first author to offer a theory of alien visitation nor will he be the last.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: The concept of handing their cash into a bank or building society in exchange for a slip of paper may seem alien to them.
Noun used with modifier
- enemy: There are no photographs of these " enemy aliens " .
Preposition: from
- planet: For the secular ufologists abductions were scientific examinations by aliens from other planets, for the post-secular ufologists the answer is very different.
But set down This, set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly, We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.
The only trulyalien planet is Earth.
There is nothing new inThird World governments seeking to justifyand perpetuate authoritarian rule by denouncing liberal democratic principles as alien.
Homo sum: nihil humani a me alienum puto. I am a man, I regard nothing that is human alien to me.
Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.
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