Meanings
- idiomaticinformalnot comparableOf exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous; excellent.
You must try the chef's special: it's just out of this world.
1 more example
A team of Irish astronomers have captured an out-of-this-world image of one of the youngest stars known to scientists.
2023 August 24, Mairead Sheehy, “Irish group captures 'advanced image' of one of the youngest stars known to scientists”, in Irish ExaminerSynonyms: too good for this world
- not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out, of, this, world; for example, not of this Earth: extraterrestrial, celestial, or supernatural.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous; excellent.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexceptionally or unusually good
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish aivan muusta maailmasta
- aivan muusta maailmastawonderful
French extraordinaire, divin
- extraordinairewonderful
- divinwonderful
Hebrew מטורף
- מטורףwonderful
Hungarian földöntúli
- földöntúliwonderful
Italian dell'altro mondo
- dell'altro mondowonderful
Norwegian Bokmål av en annen verden
- av en annen verdenwonderful
Polish nieziemski, nie z tego świata
- nieziemskiwonderful
- nie z tego światawonderful
Russian неземно́й
- неземно́й (nezemnój)wonderful
Spanish fuera de este mundo
- fuera de este mundowonderful
Cite this entry
out of this world. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20this%20world
“out of this world.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20this%20world. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of this world,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20this%20world.
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