spanning or extending throughout the entire world; worldwide distribution; a worldwide epidemic

[ Syn: world-wide ]

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 , world , world-wide ]

of worldwide scope or applicability; an issue of cosmopolitan import; the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley; universal experience

[ Syn: cosmopolitan , ecumenical , oecumenical , general , universal , world-wide ]