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offworld

5 7.7

In or from a place outside Earth, such as another planet

adjective
/ˈɔfˌwɜrld/

: extraterrestre

Since her discharge from the hospital, Lian had been living in a dormitory for offworld students at the University.
offworld activation
unscheduled offworld

Examples

The scientists are excited about their upcoming offworld mission to study alien life.
As a sci-fi guy, I am friendly to dreams of offworld diversity.

Blog text (2)
"They called me a little whore and dragged us to an offworld court but could not break the codicil."

Fiction book (1998)
Heroes of the alien wars in Far Space returned to find themselves forgotten; offworld senators were ignored.

Fiction book (2000)
I've been planning an offworld purchasing trip for a couple of weeks now, so I've got an excuse to leave.

Fiction book (1991)
But by then there were offworld colonies to resettle our lamentable planet.

Fiction book (2000)
Intensely curious about the greater cosmos, Llenor loved his offworld stories.

Fiction book (2000)
She had always dreamed of exploring distant planets during an offworld expedition.
The space station hosts numerous offworld researchers working on advanced technologies.

How Otherworldly

otherworldly

Literature

36 7.8

extraterrestrial

52 8.0

outworld

Literature

1 9.6

offworld

5 7.7

alien

685 4.1

Surface Forms

offworld positive

Morphology

offworld = world (transparent) = off + world

Clear prefixation: 'off' (away from/not on) + 'world' (Earth) yields an adjective meaning located outside the planet.

Etymology

Offworld comes from the parts off- meaning 'away from' and world meaning 'Earth' or 'planet', so as an adjective it describes something 'away from Earth', like an offworld habitat.