· everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

Synonym(s): universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm

Hypernym(s): natural_object

· people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

Synonym(s): domain

Hypernym(s): class, stratum, social_class, socio-economic_class

· 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"

Synonym(s): reality

Hypernym(s): experience

· the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"

Synonym(s): Earth, earth, globe

· people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

Synonym(s): populace, public

Hypernym(s): people

· a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"

Hypernym(s): part, piece

· the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

Synonym(s): worldly_concern, earthly_concern, earth

Hypernym(s): concern

· 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"

Synonym(s): human_race, humanity, humankind, human_beings, humans, mankind, man

Hypernym(s): homo, man, human_being, human, group, grouping

· 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"

Synonym(s): global, planetary, worldwide, world-wide