Alien
Alien noun - A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.
Inhabitant
Inhabitant noun - One who lives permanently in a place.
Usage example: the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
Alien is an antonym for inhabitant in person who is resident of habitation topic.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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An alien race that was the original inhabitant of Earth has returned to reclaim it by infesting humans with a sentient virus that turns them into slave drones and ultimately kills them.
Source: Gambit Pileup - In The Tommyknockers, an alien ship releases in the atmosphere a gas which gradually turns every inhabitant of a small town into amoral geniuses, except for the hero.
Source: Touched by Vorlons - Bizarre Alien Biology: Nearly every inhabitant of Tormance seems to have extra sensory organs, based on which land they are a citizen of.
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