Thesaurus
alien
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ALIEN
1
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring <such emotional cruelty will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left>
Related Words antagonize, embitter, envenom; aggravate, anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil; break up, dissociate, disunite, divide, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke; disappoint, disenchant, disillusion; annoy, bother, bug, chafe, exasperate, gall, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, rile, vex
Antonyms reconcile
2
to give over the legal possession or ownership of <the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son>
Related Words bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will; bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield; consign, entrust (also intrust), trust; lease, lend, let [chiefly British], loan, rent
Near Antonyms expropriate
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