outta sight

Far beyond excellent

Outta sight is informal slang meaning excellent, amazing, or impressive—something so good it's beyond ordinary perception.

The phrase emerged from 1960s counterculture and remains in use, though it now carries a somewhat retro flavor.

That guitar solo was outta sight!

It can also literally describe something not visible or beyond view, though this sense is less common than the enthusiastic exclamation.

retro-slang

groovy

Sixties slang for cool

  • hipFashionable or pelvic joint
  • radExposure measurement unit
  • coolCalm or fashionable

boss · funky · psychedelic · mod · gnarly · tubular · righteous · bitchin · solid · happening

astonishing

mind-blowing

Overwhelmingly impressive or shocking

stunning · spectacular · unbelievable · astounding · staggering · remarkable · extraordinary · unreal · wild · crazy

excellent

amazing

Causing great wonder

superb · stellar · outstanding · brilliant · exceptional · marvelous · first-rate · top-notch · prime · choice

hidden

concealed

Made invisible deliberately

camouflaged · cloaked · undetected · unseen · buried · masked · disguised · undercover · covert · shrouded

Opposites
quality/excellence

outta sightterrible

Extremely poor or distressing

awful · horrible · lousy · bad · dreadful

impressiveness/impact

outta sightordinary

Standard, unremarkable

unremarkable · mediocre · forgettable · nothing special · dull

Family

out, sight, outta, outs, outer, outward, outwardly, sights, sighted

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