Alien

Noun

 * 1) A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
 * 2) A foreigner residing in a country.
 * 3) Any life form of extraterrestrial origin.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to an alien.
 * 2) Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

Verb

 * 1)  To estrange; to alienate.
 * 2)  To transfer the ownership of something.

Synonyms for Alien

 * , extraterrestrial, strange, opposed, hostile, distant, foreign, inappropriate, inapplicable, contradictory, unlike, irrelevant, contrasted, contrary, conflicting, unconnected, extraneous.

Antonyms for Alien
akin, alike, relevant, corresponding, appropriate, proper, apropos, native, friendly.

Related terms

 * alienage
 * space alien

Etymology
From alienus: from alius:. Compare αλλος: and  elles:.

Alternative forms

 * alyaunte
 * aliene

Anagrams

 * aline, Aline, A-line
 * anile
 * laine
 * linea