world (n.)

  1. everything that exists anywhere; they study the evolution of the universe; the biggest tree in existence

    [ Syn: universe , existence , creation , cosmos , macrocosm ]

  2. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; the Western world

    [ Syn: domain ]

  3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; his world was shattered; we live in different worlds; for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were

    [ Syn: reality ]

  4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; the Earth moves around the sun; he sailed around the world

    [ Syn: earth , earth , globe ]

  5. people in general considered as a whole; he is a hero in the eyes of the public

    [ Syn: populace , public ]

  6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately; the outdoor world; the world of insects'

  7. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; they consider the church to be independent of the world

    [ Syn: worldly concern , earthly concern , earth ]

  8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; all the world loves a lover; she always used `humankind because `mankind seemed to slight the women

    [ Syn: human race , human race , humanity , humanity , humankind , humankind , human beings , human beings , humans , humans , mankind , mankind , man , man ]

    world (adj.)

  1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; global war; global monetary policy; neither national nor continental but planetary; a world crisis; of worldwide significance

    [ Syn: global , planetary , worldwide , world-wide ]

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