not of this world
From somewhere else
Not of this world describes something or someone that seems to belong to another realm entirely—supernatural, divine, or simply beyond ordinary human experience.
The phrase often characterizes ethereal beauty, spiritual beings, or qualities so extraordinary they defy earthly explanation: Her voice was not of this world.
It can also suggest someone whose thoughts or concerns transcend mundane, material life, as when describing mystics or the deeply devout.
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
higher plane · beyond the veil · alien · eldritch · metaphysical · ethereal · divine · enchanted · mythical · sublime · extraterrestrial · miraculous · too good to be true · heavenly · esoteric · unearthly · far out · legendary
not of this worldworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
earthly · terrestrial · mundane · mortal · earthbound
not of this worldordinary
Standard, unremarkable
commonplace · unremarkable · run-of-the-mill · pedestrian · mediocre
not of this worlddown-to-earth
Practical and without pretension
grounded · practical · feet on the ground · pragmatic · realistic
world, worldly, worlds, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly, otherworldliness