Alien and Domestic

Opposite meaning words

Alien adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

Usage example: new immigrants with customs alien to the community where they have settled

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Domestic is an antonym for alien.

Domestic adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

Usage example: the domestic bird population has been virtually wiped out by the brown tree snake

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Alien is an antonym for domestic in topics: household, not foreign.

little	little alien	little domestic
new	new alien	new domestic

Gideon's reasoning for launching the probes to expose the real conspiracy: the government already knew about alien life, and was using humans as scapegoats for unpopular domestic decisions.

Source: Alien Non-Interference Clause
Some sort of alien lifeform comes to Earth, and, to avoid attention from The Men in Black, disguises itself as a domestic animal, usually a dog.

Source: The Dog Is an Alien
I have ruthlessly suppressed domestic opposition and brutally crushed the resistance of alien races.

Source: The Social Darwinist aka: Social Darwinist

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