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Synonyms for extraterrestrial
ˌɛk strə təˈrɛs tri əlex·trater·res·tri·al

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 9 votes

  1. extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alienadjective

    a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

    Synonyms:
    unknown, stranger, alien, noncitizen, outlander, extraterrestrial being, foreigner

  2. extraterrestrialadjective

    originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere

    "is there extraterrestrial life?"

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "extraterrestrial":

    alien

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1702unknown
#5966alien
#9366stranger
#27320foreigner
#38645extraterrestrial
#57491outlander
#156380noncitizen

How to use extraterrestrial in a sentence?

  1. Gustavo Cruz:

    If extraterrestrial life looks at us, they will not find a [single] technosignature.

  2. Judith Hayes:

    They didn't find any microbial growth on the lunar samples, and they didn't have any microorganisms that they at least initially attributed to any extraterrestrial source or lunar source, and the crew didn't have any signs of an infectious disease, and all the rodents survived the exams, so everybody did well.

  3. Christopher Conselice:

    Our new research suggests that searches for extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations not only reveals the existence of how life forms, but also gives us clues for how long our own civilization will last, if we find that intelligent life is common then this would reveal that our civilization could exist for much longer than a few hundred years, alternatively if we find that there are no active civilizations in our Galaxy it is a bad sign for our own long-term existence. By searching for extraterrestrial intelligent life — even if we find nothing — we are discovering our own future and fate.

  4. Sean Kirkpatrick:

    In our research, AARO has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology or objects that defy the known laws of physics.

  5. Joan Didion:

    The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers.


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