1.
[syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere;
- Example: "is there extraterrestrial life?"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
extraterrestrial
adj 1: originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its
atmosphere; "is there extraterrestrial life?"
n 1: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its
atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being,
extraterrestrial, alien]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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