world

Meanings

• everything that exists anywhere
• people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
  • "the Western world"
• all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
  • "his world was shattered"
  • "we live in different worlds"
• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  • "he sailed around the world"
• people in general considered as a whole
• a part of the earth that can be considered separately
  • "the outdoor world"
  • "the world of insects"
• the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
  • "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
• all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
  • "all the world loves a lover"
• involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
  • "a world crisis"
  • "of worldwide significance"

Synonyms

cosmos, creation, domain, Earth, earth, earthly concern, existence, global, globe, human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, macrocosm, man, mankind, planetary, populace, public, reality, universe, world-wide, worldly concern, worldwide