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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 |