Meaning of alien in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

• A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

• A foreigner residing in a country.

• One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

verb

• To estrange; to alienate.

• To transfer the ownership of something.

adjective

• Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

  Example: alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores

• Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

  Example: principles alien to our religion

• Pertaining to extraterrestrial life.