Extraterrestrial

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  extraterrestrial \ex`tra*ter*res"tri*al\
     ([e^]ks`tr[.a]*t[e^]r`r[e^]s"tr[i^]*al), adj.
     originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its
     atmosphere; as, there is no clear evidence for
     extraterrestrial life.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  extraterrestrial \extraterrestrial\
     ([e^]ks`tr[.a]*t[e^]r`r[e^]s"tr[i^]*al), n.
     a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its
     atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or
     in other solar systems; as, what would you say to an
     extraterrestrial?.
  
     Syn: extraterrestrial being, alien.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  extraterrestrial
       adj : originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its
             atmosphere; "is there extraterrestrial life?"
       n : a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its
           atmosphere [syn: {extraterrestrial being}, {alien}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "extraterrestrial":
     Elysian, Olympian, alien, arcane, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous,
     beatific, beatified, blessed, celestial, eerie, esoteric, ethereal,
     exotic, exterior, external, exterrestrial, exterritorial,
     extragalactic, extralateral, extraliminal, extramundane,
     extramural, extraneous, extrapolar, extraprovincial, extrasolar,
     extraterrene, extraterritorial, extratribal, extrinsic, fey,
     foreign, foreign-born, from on high, glorified, heavenly,
     hypernormal, hyperphysical, in glory, intrusive, mysterious,
     numinous, occult, otherworldly, outland, outlandish, outside,
     paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic, preterhuman,
     preternatural, preternormal, pretersensual, psychic, space,
     spiritual, strange, superhuman, supernal, supernatural,
     supernormal, superphysical, supersensible, supersensual,
     supramundane, supranatural, transcendental, transmundane, ulterior,
     unearthly, unhuman, unworldly