alien

alien is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
2. adjective. Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
3. noun. A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
4. noun. One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
5. transitive verb. To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
6. noun. a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
7. noun. a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country

   Synonyms: foreigner, noncitizen, outlander

8. noun. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

   Synonyms: stranger, unknown

9. verb. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

   Synonyms: alienate, disaffect, estrange

10. verb. transfer property or ownership

    "The will aliened the property to the heirs"

    Synonyms: alienate

11. adjective. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

    "alien customs"

    "exotic plants in a greenhouse"

    Synonyms: exotic

12. adjective. 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"

    Synonyms: foreign

Synonyms

foreigner, noncitizen, outlander, stranger, unknown, alienate, disaffect, estrange, exotic, foreign

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in alien:

aline, anile, elain, elian, laine, liane, linea

Common word forms

aliens, aliened, aliener, alienly, aliening, alienize, alienable, alienness

Words from these letters

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