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outworld

outworld

1 9.6
From a world outside the one you know
  • adjective
  • /ˈaʊtˌwɜrld/
  • Literature
translation icon : mundo exterior
  • Her paintings often feature outworld landscapes filled with strange colors and shapes.

Examples

  • The movie's plot centers on an outworld visitor trying to adapt to life on Earth.

  • The scientists were amazed by the outworld technology they discovered in the ruins.

  • An outworld adventure awaits!

  • The outworld creatures invaded our planet last night.

  • The outworld creatures in the story fascinated the scientists.

  • In her latest novel, the author explores an outworld civilization that challenges the norms of her protagonists' society.

  • The outworld technology introduced by the alien species transformed human life on Earth.

Synonyms

alien
vsoutworld
685 4.1

From another place and not familiar there

refers to origin in a different world specifically, not just foreignness
otherworldly
vsoutworld
  • Literature
36 7.8

Seeming to come from another world and very strange

is neutral about feeling, focusing only on origin not strange quality
extraterrestrial
vsoutworld
9 8.2

A creature from another planet or outer space

focuses on origin from another world rather than specifically on life forms
offworld
vsoutworld
1 7.9

In or to a place outside Earth, for example another planet

is broader, applying to worlds outside one's own not only planets
transworld
vsoutworld
  • Formal
9.9

About things that exist in more than one world or universe

focuses on coming from a single outside world rather than spanning many worlds

How Otherworldly

otherworldly
  • Literature
36 7.8
outworld
  • Literature
1 9.6
offworld
5 7.7
alien
685 4.1

Surface Forms

outworld positive

Morphology

outworld = world (transparent) = out + world

The meaning is directly compositional: 'out-' adds the sense of outside or beyond, and 'world' provides the domain being referred to.

Etymology

Outworld comes from out 'outside' and world 'the main, familiar place'. As an adjective, it describes something that comes from a world outside your own, so outworld technology or visitors are from that other world.