offworlders
Visitors from elsewhere
Offworlders are people from another planet or celestial body—extraterrestrials or space colonists viewed from a local perspective.
The term appears primarily in science fiction, where it often carries undertones of otherness or suspicion: The offworlders kept to themselves in the port district.
Someone from Earth visiting Mars would be an offworlder to Martian settlers.
Being from outer space
- martianNative of fourth planet
- jovianGas giant descriptor
- visitorShort-term guest
- outsiderOne excluded from group
foreigner · settler · colonist · immigrant · expatriate · emigrant · migrant · newcomer
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- celestialOf the sky above
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
strange · exotic · unearthly · inhuman · unfamiliar · foreign · distant · unknown
Those who travel beyond Earth
- cosmonautsRussian space travelers
- astronautsCrew of spacecraft
- voyagersLong-distance travelers
- explorersThose who venture unfamiliar lands
Human-shaped artificial beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- cyborgsMachine-enhanced organic beings
- starmenInformal term for astronauts
spacemen · aliens · invaders · abductees · contactees · greys · mothership · homeworld
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
outsider · foreigner · settler · colonist · immigrant · expatriate · emigrant · migrant · newcomer · stranger
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- celestialOf the sky above
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
mysterious · strange · exotic · unearthly · inhuman · unfamiliar · foreign · distant · unknown · incomprehensible
spacefarers
Those who travel beyond Earth
- cosmonautsRussian space travelers
- astronautsCrew of spacecraft
- voyagersLong-distance travelers
androids
Human-shaped artificial beings
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- cyborgsMachine-enhanced organic beings
starmen · spacemen · aliens · invaders · abductees · contactees · greys · mothership · homeworld · xenobiology
offworldersnatives
Original local population
locals · grounders · earthborn · terrestrials · earthlings