WORLD
(noun) 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"
synonyms : human beings , human race , humanity , humankind , humans , man , mankind(noun) the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
"they consider the church to be independent of the world"
synonyms : earth , earthly concern , worldly concern(noun) 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"
synonyms : reality(noun) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
"the Western world"
synonyms : domain(noun) people in general considered as a whole
"he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
synonyms : populace , public(noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
"the Earth moves around the sun", "he sailed around the world"
synonyms : earth , globe(noun) everything that exists anywhere
"they study the evolution of the universe", "the biggest tree in existence"
synonyms : cosmos , creation , existence , macrocosm , universe(noun) a part of the earth that can be considered separately
"the outdoor world", "the world of insects"
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : global , planetary , world-wide , worldwide
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


