Synonyms for other-worldly
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Ethereal — of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy…
ethereal, transcendental, unworldly, supernatural, heavenly, preternatural, translunary, nonnatural
2. Alien — of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy…
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
- adj. 2
Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world. Odd and unfamiliar; strange, uncanny, weird.
Related words
- Word family
- other-worldish other-worldness
- Other spellings
- otherworldly
Example sentences
- supernatural Tom started to exhibit his supernatural abilities.
- ethereal The voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.
- transcendental The best-known transcendental numbers are π and e.
- unworldly He's not at all like the cliché of an unworldly professor.
By length
- 5 letters
- alien3
- 8 letters
- heavenly3, ethereal4
- 9 letters
- unworldly
- 10 letters
- nonnatural
- 11 letters
- otherworldy, translunary
- 12 letters
- supernatural5
- 13 letters
- preternatural
- 14 letters
- transcendental4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alien3 = 3 syllables).