Earthman

Alien's human visitor

Earthman is a science fiction term for a human being from Earth, used when distinguishing humans from extraterrestrial beings: The Earthman stood before the Martian council.

The word belongs to mid-20th-century pulp fiction and has a dated, retro quality.

Earthling is more common in contemporary usage.

humanity

human

Homo sapiens individual

culture · heritage · tradition · ancestry · kinship · community · population · species · humankind · brotherhood

science-fiction

spacefarer

One traversing the cosmos

starship · interstellar · galactic · hyperdrive · wormhole · teleportation · cyborg · android · holodeck · phaser

terrestrial

planet

Star-orbiting spherical body

  • terraLatin word for land
  • globeSpherical representation of landmasses
  • worldPlanet or realm

soil · ground · landbound · gravity · atmosphere · biosphere · ecosystem · homeland · origin · birthplace

alien-contrast

extraterrestrial

Being from outer space

foreigner · otherworldly · nonhuman · xenomorph · invader · abductee · contactee · ambassador · primitive · curiosity

Opposites
planetary/cosmic origin

Earthmanextraterrestrial

Being from outer space

alien · space alien · Venusian · spaceman · ET

genre/narrative role

Earthmaninvader

One who enters aggressively

monster · the Other · bug-eyed monster

realm of existence

Earthmancelestial being

Divine supernatural entity

angel · spirit · divine being

Family

earth, man, earthy, earthly, earthen, earthling, unearthly, earths, earthed

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G