Alien
Derelict
Derelict noun - An idle worthless person.
Alien and derelict are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alien" instead a noun "Derelict".
Nearby Word: dereliction
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Many thousands of eggs were preserved in the biomechanic derelict, and director Ridley Scott even said the derelict was a bomber - it was designed to bombard planets with Alien eggs.
Source: Film / Alien -
After humanity claimed the derelict, whole swarms of alien ships started showing up to try and capture it.
Source: Literature / Great Ship - Lambert says these words after seeing the derelict space ship, before the alien infestation even begins.
Source: Let's Get Out of Here
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Derelict and Alien. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alien/derelict
Alien & Derelict. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alien/derelict>.
Derelict or Alien. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alien/derelict.
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