otherworldly

Meaning

1. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
2. (figuratively) Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
3. Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
4. (broadly, obsolete, rare) Of or relating to the imagination or intellect.

Synonyms

transcendental

other-worldly

preternatural

nonnatural

kingdom come

pertaihing to the future life

hereafter

cataphysical

spiritual

surpassing

transcendency

Translations

أخرويّ

antinatural

jenseitige

widernatürlich

αφύσικος

contre nature

innaturale

antinaturale

prodigiosus

tegennatuurlijk

místico

sobrenatural

afetado

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌʌðɚˈwɝld.li/

Etymology

From other world (“world beyond death; world other than the everyday world”) + -ly (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’ forming adjectives).