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alien definition
alien |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb alien 1 sense of alien Sense 1 estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect => drift apart, drift away => wean Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb alien 1 sense of alien Sense 1 estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect => drift apart, drift away => wean Entailment of verb alien Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb alien 1 sense of alien Sense 1 estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect => change, alter Familiarity of verb alien alien used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb alien Sense 1 estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect => change, alter -------------- Grep of noun alien alien alienage alienation alienation of affection alienator alienism alienist Overview of noun alien The noun alien has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander -- (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country) 2. stranger, alien, unknown -- (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found) 3. extraterrestrial being extraterrestrial, alien -- (a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere) Overview of verb alien The verb alien has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect -- (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness) Overview of adj alien The adj alien has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) alien, foreign -- (not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature") 2. (2) alien, exotic, strange -- (being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country") Antonyms of adj alien 2 senses of alien Sense 1 alien, foreign INDIRECT (VIA extrinsic) -> intrinsic, intrinsical Sense 2 alien, exotic, strange INDIRECT (VIA foreign) -> native Similarity of adj alien 2 senses of alien Sense 1 alien, foreign => extrinsic (vs. intrinsic) Sense 2 alien, exotic, strange => foreign (vs. native) Attributes of adj alien Familiarity of adj alien alien used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj alien alien alienable alienated alienating Overview of noun alien The noun alien has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander -- (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country) 2. stranger, alien, unknown -- (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found) 3. extraterrestrial being extraterrestrial, alien -- (a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere) Overview of verb alien The verb alien has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect -- (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness) Overview of adj alien The adj alien has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) alien, foreign -- (not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature") 2. (2) alien, exotic, strange -- (being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country")
alien definition
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