'extraterrestrial' definitions:
Definition of 'extraterrestrial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; "is there extraterrestrial life?"
noun
A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien]
Definition of 'extraterrestrial'
From: 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]
Definition of 'extraterrestrial'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'extraterrestrial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alien,
- arcane,
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- blessed,
- celestial,
- eerie,
- Elysian,
- 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,
- Olympian,
- 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