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ADJECTIVE | 1 | world, global, planetary, worldwide | Involving the entire earth |
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NOUN | 1 | world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | All of the inhabitants of the earth |
2 | world, universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm | Everything that exists anywhere | |
3 | world, reality | All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you | |
4 | world, domain | People in general | |
5 | world, Earth, globe | The 3rd planet from the sun | |
6 | world, worldly concern, earthly concern, earth | The concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | |
7 | world | A part of the earth that can be considered separately | |
8 | world, populace, public | People in general considered as a whole |
Sounds | wer'ld |
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Rhymes | curled, dreamworld, netherworld, and 2 more rhymes in erld at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Involving the entire earth. Not limited or provincial in scope. |
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Examples | "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" |
Synonyms | global, planetary, worldwide |
Similar to | international |
Meaning | All of the inhabitants of the earth. |
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Examples | "all the world loves a lover" |
Synonyms | human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man |
Members | people |
Broader | group, grouping |
Meaning | Everything that exists anywhere. |
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Synonyms | universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm |
Members | galaxy, extragalactic nebula |
Parts | celestial body, heavenly body; extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body |
Narrower | closed universe; natural order; nature |
Broader | natural object |
Meaning | All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. |
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Examples | "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds" |
Synonyms | reality |
Narrower | real world, real life |
Broader | experience |
Meaning | People in general. Especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest. |
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Examples | "the Western world" |
Synonyms | domain |
Narrower | academia, academe; Grub Street |
Broader | class, social class, socio-economic class |
Meaning | The 3rd planet from the sun. The planet on which we live. |
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Examples | "he sailed around the world" |
Synonyms | Earth, globe |
Member of | solar system |
Parts | atmosphere, air; hemisphere; Van Allen belt; hydrosphere; land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma; lithosphere, geosphere; sky |
Broader | terrestrial planet |
Meaning | The concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife. |
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Examples | "they consider the church to be independent of the world" |
Synonyms | worldly concern, earthly concern, earth |
Broader | concern |
Meaning | A part of the earth that can be considered separately. |
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Examples | "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" |
Broader | part, piece |
Meaning | People in general considered as a whole. |
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Synonyms | populace, public |
Members | audience |
Narrower | admass |
Broader | people |