noncitizen

Other forms of noncitizen

plural

noncitizens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about noncitizen

What does noncitizen mean?

noncitizen means "a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country".

How many syllables are in noncitizen?

noncitizen has 4 syllables: non-ci-ti-zen. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for noncitizen?

Close synonyms include foreigner, alien, outlander. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of noncitizen?

The recorded antonyms are citizen.

Is noncitizen a common word?

noncitizen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.