alien

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. foreign, strange. —n. foreigner, stranger, immigrant. See unconformity, exterior.Ant., alike, native.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Of foreign extraction]

Syn. exotic, strange, unknown; see foreign 1 , 2 .

2. [Unlike]

Syn. different, dissimilar, outlandish, opposed; see repugnant 1 , unusual 2 .

See Synonym Study at foreign . n.

Syn. foreigner, stranger, nonnative, refugee, outsider, outlander, migrant, émigré, immigrant, emigrant, expatriate, displaced person, D.P., guest, visitor, newcomer, space creature, extraterrestrial, Martian, barbarian, Ishmael, outcast, settler, tenderfoot, stateless person, foreign national, migratory worker, intruder, squatter, interloper, noncitizen, man without a country, tramontane, auslander, gringo * (Spanish), gaijin * (Japanese).

Ant. native, citizen*, local.

Syn.- alien is applied to a resident who bears political allegiance to another country; foreigner , to a visitor or resident from another country, esp. one with a different language, cultural pattern, etc.; stranger , to a person from another region who is unacquainted with local people, customs, etc.; immigrant , to a person who comes to another country to settle; ?ACemigrACe , to a citizen of one country who has left it to take political refuge in another

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

a.

1. foreign strange, odd, unfamiliar, exotic, outlandish.

ANT.: ordinary, familiar

II

n.

1. foreigner immigrant, illegal alien, outsider, refugee, stranger, noncitizen.

2. extraterrestrial spaceman, space creature, *little green man, otherworldy creature.

ANT.: native, citizen, local

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: exotic, foreign, strange. Archaic: outlandish. See NATIVE. 2. Not part of the essential nature of a thing: extraneous, extrinsic, foreign. See NATIVE. II noun A person coming from another country or into a new community: émigré, foreigner, newcomer, outlander, outsider, stranger. See NATIVE. III verb Law. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document: cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. Law: alienate, assign, convey, transfer. See GIVE, LAW.