2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign. 3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.
n, pl -thens or -then. 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan. 2. an uncivilized or barbaric person. 3. (Alternative Belief Systems) the heathen (functioning as plural) heathens collectively.
heath in British English. See all translations. heathnoun [ C ] uk â /hiËÎ¸/ us â /hiËÎ¸/. âº an area of land that is not used for growing crops, where grass and other small plants grow, but where there are few trees or bushes. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.