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