extraterrestrial
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extraterrestrial
- /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/
adjective more extraterrestrial · most extraterrestrial · extra-terrestrial
- Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment. Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true.
noun extraterrestrials · extra-terrestrial
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A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.
Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.
Similar: alien, extraterrestrial, ET, little green man, LGM, xenomorph
Opposite: Earthling, Terran, terrestrial
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: alien, extraterrestrial being, extraterrestial, exterrestrial, exotic, extrasolar, exobiological, exterraneous, ultratelluric, exogenetic, exogenic, exoatmospheric, spacy, exoterrene, outer-spacey, earthish
noun
Opposite: Earthling, Terran, terrestrial
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adj originating from outside of the Earth
| Español | extraterrestre, alienígena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지구밖 jigu-bak, 외계의 oegye-ui |
| 日本語 | 地球外 chikyūgai |
| 中文 | 地球外的 dìqiúwài de, 外星的 wàixīng de |
| हिन्दी | परग्रही paragrahī |
| Português | extraterrestre |
| Français | extraterrestre |
| Deutsch | außerirdisch, extraterrestrisch |
| Italiano | extraterrestre |
| Ελληνικά | εξωγήινος exogíinos |
| Română | extraterestru |
| Русский | внеземно́й vnezemnój, иноплане́тный inoplanétnyj, неземно́й nezemnój |
| Tiếng Việt | ngoài trái đất, ngoài Trái Đất, ngoài hành tinh |
| العربية | قَائِم خَارِجَ الْأَرْض qāʔim ḵārija l-ʔarḍ |
noun being originating from outside of the Earth
| Español | extraterrestre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 우주인 uju'in |
| 日本語 | 宇宙人 uchūjin, 異星人 iseijin |
| 中文 | 外星人 wàixīngrén, 宇宙人 yǔzhòurén |
| हिन्दी | परग्रही paragrahī |
| Português | extraterrestre |
| Français | extraterrestre |
| Deutsch | Außerirdischer, Außerirdische |
| Ελληνικά | εξωγήινος exogíinos |
| Română | extraterestru |
| Русский | инопланетя́нин inoplanetjánin, инопланетя́нка inoplanetjánka, иноплане́тник inoplanétnik |
| العربية | فَضَائِيّ faḍāʔiyy, فَضَائِيَّة faḍāʔiyya |
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title = {extraterrestrial},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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