ALL meanings of alien
al·ien
A a - 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
- noun alien any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists 3
- noun alien (in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial 3
- adjective alien unnaturalized; foreign 3
- adjective alien having foreign allegiance 3
- adjective alien unfamiliar; strange 3
- adjective alien repugnant or opposed (to) 3
- adjective alien (in science fiction) of or from another world 3
- verb alien to transfer (property, etc) to another 3
- adjective alien belonging to another country or people; foreign 3
- adjective alien strange; not natural 3
- adjective alien opposed or repugnant 3
- adjective alien of aliens 3
- noun alien a foreigner 3
- noun alien a foreign-born resident in a country who has not become a naturalized citizen 3
- noun alien an outsider 3
- noun alien in science fiction, a being in or from outer space and not native to the Earth; extraterrestrial 3
- verb transitive alien to transfer (land, property, etc.) 3
- noun alien extraterrestrial 1
- noun alien foreign person 1
- adjective alien foreign 1
- noun alien strange, unfamiliar 1
- adjective alien unfamiliar 1
- noun alien estranged or excluded person 1
- noun alien Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen). See also resident alien, illegal alien. 1
- noun alien a foreigner. 1
- noun alien a person who has been estranged or excluded. 1
- noun alien a creature from outer space; extraterrestrial (def 2). 1
- adjective alien residing under a government or in a country other than that of one's birth without having or obtaining the status of citizenship there. 1
- adjective alien belonging or relating to aliens: alien property. 1
- adjective alien unlike one's own; strange; not belonging to one: alien speech. 1
- adjective alien adverse; hostile; opposed (usually followed by to or from): ideas alien to modern thinking. 1
- adjective alien extraterrestrial (def 1). 1
- noun alien See illegal alien 1
- noun alien Belonging to a foreign country or nation. 1
- noun alien A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. 0
- noun alien A foreigner residing in a country. 0
- noun alien Any life form of extraterrestrial origin. 0
- noun alien One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged. 0
- verb alien (Transitive Verb) To estrange; to alienate. 0
- verb alien (law) To transfer the ownership of something. 0
- adjective alien Pertaining to an alien. 0
- adjective alien Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign. 0
- adjective alien Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed. 0