extraterrestrial
Syllables: ex·tra·ter·res·tri·al/ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/
extraterrestrial adjective: originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
Adjective
extraterrestrial (comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial)
- 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.1989 October 11, Esther B. Fein, “U.F.O. Landing Is Fact, Not Fantasy, the Russians Insist”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2012, Section A, page 6
Noun
extraterrestrial (plural extraterrestrials)
- 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.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club
- Synonyms:
- alien, ET, little green man, LGM, xenomorph
extraterrestrial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
extraterrestrial in Hindi
- originating from outside of the Earth
- परग्रही paragrahī
- being originating from outside of the Earth
- परग्रही paragrahī
extraterrestrial in Tamil
- புவிக்கப்பாலான
extraterrestrial in Urdu
- ماورائے ارضی, ماورائے زمین, ماورائے ارض
extraterrestrial in Bengali
- পৃথিবীর বাইরের, বহির্জাগতিক
More languagesFewer languages
- extraterrestrial in Odia
- ବହିର୍ଜାଗତିକ
- extraterrestrial in Nepali
- बहिर्जागतिक, बहिर्जागतिकीय
- extraterrestrial in Arabic
- قَائِم خَارِجَ الْأَرْض qāʔim ḵārija l-ʔarḍ, فَضَائِيّ faḍāʔiyy, فَضَائِيَّة faḍāʔiyya
- extraterrestrial in Persian
- فرازمینی farâ-zamini
- extraterrestrial in Vietnamese
- ngoài trái đất, ngoài Trái Đất, ngoài hành tinh
Examples of extraterrestrial in a sentence
- I'm not convinced that there's extraterrestrial life out there, but I'm keeping an open mind.
- The hunt for extraterrestrial intelligent life continues.
- The discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence would trigger widespread ontological shock.
Synonyms of extraterrestrial
Antonyms
Forms of extraterrestrial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more extraterrestrial |
| superlative | most extraterrestrial |
| alternative form | extra-terrestrial |
| Noun | |
| plural | extraterrestrials |
Origin of extraterrestrial
From extra- + terrestrial.
Words formed from extraterrestrial
Phrases with extraterrestrial
Questions about extraterrestrial
- What does extraterrestrial mean?
- Extraterrestrial means originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
- What is extraterrestrial in Hindi?
- Extraterrestrial in Hindi is परग्रही (paragrahī). See Extraterrestrial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is extraterrestrial?
- Extraterrestrial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce extraterrestrial?
- Extraterrestrial is pronounced /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/.
Words near extraterrestrial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extraterrestrial (page history and authors); extraterrestrial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extraterrestrial (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); extraterrestrial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extraterrestrial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); extraterrestrial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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