extraterrestrian
/ˌɛkstɹətəˈɹɛstɹiən/
extraterrestrian noun: synonym of extraterrestrial.
Noun
extraterrestrian (plural extraterrestrians)
- Synonym of extraterrestrial.
- To the amazement of the extra-terrestrians, Arcot’s first move was to create a titanic plane of artificial matter, and neatly bisect the Thought at the middle!1932, J. W. Campbell, Jr., Invaders from the Infinite in Amazing Stories Quarterly, numbers Spring–Summer, page 226/2
- But one day they are getting in touch with extra-terrestrians from Spaceland, who are able to see, think and act in three dimensions.2001, Stefan Huber and René Sieber, “From Flatland to Spaceland: Concepts for Interactive 3D Navigation in High Standard Atlases”, in Proceedings of the 20th International Cartographic Conference...
- Synonyms:
- extraterrestrial
Adjective
extraterrestrian (comparative more extraterrestrian, superlative most extraterrestrian)
- Synonym of extraterrestrial.
- For instance, even the hypothesis ‘There is extraterrestrian life and Kepler’s laws hold’ is logically stronger than Kepler’s laws alone, but we would not like to say that this hypothesis can be confirmed by, let’s say, observing the orbit of Jupiter.2011, Jan Sprenger, edited by Dov M. Gabbay, Stephan Hartmann, and John Woods, Hempel and the Paradoxes of Confirmation (Handbook of the History of Logic), volume Inductive Logic, number 10...
- Synonyms:
- extraterrestrial
Synonyms of extraterrestrian
Forms of extraterrestrian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | extraterrestrians |
| alternative form | extra-terrestrian |
| alternative form | extra terrestrian |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more extraterrestrian |
| superlative | most extraterrestrian |
Questions about extraterrestrian
- What does extraterrestrian mean?
- Extraterrestrian means synonym of extraterrestrial.
- What part of speech is extraterrestrian?
- Extraterrestrian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce extraterrestrian?
- Extraterrestrian is pronounced /ˌɛkstɹətəˈɹɛstɹiən/.
- What is the plural of extraterrestrian?
- The plural of extraterrestrian is extraterrestrians.
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