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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
| Synonyms: | conflicting, contrary, estranged, exotic, extraneous, extrinsic, inappropriate, incompatible, incongruous, opposed, remote, separate, unusual |
| Antonyms: | akin, appropriate, native, proper |
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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alien, alienigenate, allochthonous, exaliotriote, exceptional, excluded, extraneous, foreign, fremd, heterochthonous, inadmissible, tramontane, ulterior, ultramontane
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| Main Entry: | cede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, surrender |
| Synonyms: | abalienate, abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, come across with, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, fork over, give in*, give up, grant, hand over*, leave, make over, part with, relinquish, remise, renounce, resign, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield |
| Notes: | cede means to give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another - while a seed is a small hard fruit or a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, gain, guard, take over, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emigrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leaves his or her native country |
| Synonyms: | alien, colonist, departer, displaced person, evacuee, exile, expatriate, fugitive, migrant, migrator, outcast, pilgrim, refugee, traveler, wanderer, wayfarer, émigré |
| Notes: | an emigrant is someone who leaves one country to settle in another while an immigrant is someone who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there |
| Antonyms: | nationalist, native |
| Main Entry: | estrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy the affections of |
| Synonyms: | alien, alienate, antagonize, break up, disaffect, disunify, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, drive apart, leave, make hostile, part, put on the outs, separate, set at odds, sever, split, sunder, turn off, wean, withdraw, withhold |
| Antonyms: | engage, marry, unite |
| Main Entry: | exotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not native or usual; mysterious |
| Synonyms: | alien, alluring, avant garde, bizarre, colorful, curious, different, enticing, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, fascinating, foreign, glamorous, imported, introduced, kinky*, outlandish, outside, peculiar, peregrine, romantic, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual, way out, weird* |
| Notes: | erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual |
| Antonyms: | familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | external |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside, extrinsic |
| Synonyms: | alien, apparent, exterior, extraneous, foreign, independent, out, outer, outermost, outmost, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface, visible |
| Antonyms: | inside, internal, intrinsic |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
| Synonyms: | adventitious, alien, exotic, external, extrinsic, out of place, strange |
| Antonyms: | national, native |
| Main Entry: | extrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
| Synonyms: | acquired, alien, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, gained, imported, outer, outside, outward, superficial |
| Antonyms: | essential, integral, interior, intrinsic, necessary |
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