world

world

noun

Definition of WORLD

1

human beings in general <the whole world is waiting to see how this crisis will play out>

Synonyms folks, humanity, humankind, public, species, world

Related Words community, society; crowd, masses, mob, populace, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

2

the celestial body on which we live <worried about the effects of pollution on the world>

Synonyms globe, planet, world

Related Words cosmos, creation, nature, universe; ball, orb, sphere; macrocosm, microcosm, microcosmos

3

the whole body of things observed or assumed <theories about the origin of the world>

Synonyms cosmos, creation, macrocosm, nature, world

Related Words existence, reality

Near Antonyms nothingness, void

4

a huge physical or conceptual distance <liberal attitudes that are a world away from his neighbors' backward mentality>

Synonyms light-year, world

Related Words country mile, long haul, way; infinity

Near Antonyms hop, skip, and jump, shouting distance, stone's throw, striking distance; hair, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), inch