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- [eyl-yuh n, ey-lee-uh n]
- /ˈeɪl yən, ˈeɪ li ən/
- /ˈeɪ.li.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [eyl-yuh n, ey-lee-uh n]
- /ˈeɪl yən, ˈeɪ li ən/
Definitions of alien word
- adjective alien Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of. 3
- adjective alien You use alien to describe something that seems strange and perhaps frightening, because it is not part of your normal experience. 3
- adjective alien If something is alien to you or to your normal feelings or behaviour, it is not the way you would normally feel or behave. 3
- countable noun alien An alien is someone who is not a legal citizen of the country in which they live. 3
- countable noun alien In science fiction, an alien is a creature from outer space. 3
- noun alien a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he lives; foreigner 3
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Origin of alien
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin aliēnus, equivalent to *alies- (ali-, base of alius other + -es- noun suffix) + -nus adj. suffix
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Parts of speech for Alien
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
alien popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
alien usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for alien
noun alien
- outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- refugee — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
adjective alien
- unfamiliar — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- strange — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
verb alien
- throw in the towel — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- cede — If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
- remise — to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- fork over — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
Antonyms for alien
noun alien
- local — low-cal.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
adjective alien
- familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- usual — habitual or customary: her usual skill.
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- akin — If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
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