a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Used in a Sentence
alien
How to use alien in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for alien.
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I wish this was the sort of place that looked completely alien to someone from Moscow or Wall Street.
Examples11
Definitions7
Parts of speech3
Quick take
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of alien gathered in one view.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for alien.
noun
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
See also: foreigner, noncitizen, outlander
noun
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
noun
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
See also: extraterrestrial
verb
transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
See also: alienate
verb
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
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"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
See also: foreign
adjective
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"
See also: exotic
Example sentences
I wish this was the sort of place that looked completely alien to someone from Moscow or Wall Street.
The following tale of alien encounters is true.
A feeling of utter helplessness is very alien to them.
To me, Netflix streaming is like some alien technology from the future.
Their leaders aren't alien beings who have descended from planet Z to rule upon their country.
Maybe alien unicorns have descended and made everything fluffy and nice since I looked last.
No, it's an alien way of thinking that only becomes familiar through sufficient practice.
Forget the fact that it's completely electric and charges via an alien-like, glowing plug.
Kind of bizarre seeing someone else's value system which is completely alien to my own. If I was leaving my wife and kids with mortgage and car loan debt, I wouldn't spend $10-20k on a graveyard plot, that's for sure.
For them, CoffeeScript's `class` keyword feels like it's adding something alien to JavaScript because it makes prototypes accessible.
It is hard to see through the veils of history, but one of the things that always strikes me is that if you sit down and really try to put all the pieces together, what you find is an alien world, far more alien than most supposedly alien worlds of science fiction, especially if we're talking about going back all the way to Ancient Greece.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use alien in a sentence?
I wish this was the sort of place that looked completely alien to someone from Moscow or Wall Street.
What does alien mean?
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
What part of speech is alien?
alien is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective.