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global

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of global

1 belonging or relating to the whole

  • do a global search and replace the misspelling throughout the whole document
Synonyms of global

across-the-board, blanket, broad-brush, common, general, generic, overall, universal
Words Related to global

all-embracing, broad, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), broadscale, comprehensive, extensive, inclusionary, overarching, pervasive, sweeping, ubiquitous, wholesale, wide, widespread

aggregate, collective, complete, full, plenary

planetary, worldwide
Near Antonyms of global

component, constituent

cross-sectional, divisional, fragmentary, partial

local, localized, regional, sectional
Antonyms of global

individual, particular

2 covering everything or all important points

  • published a global report on the plight of Third World economies
Synonyms of global

all-embracing, all-in [chiefly British], all-inclusive, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), compendious, complete, comprehensive, cover-all, cyclopedic, embracive, encyclopedic, exhaustive, full, in-depth, inclusive, omnibus, panoramic, thorough, universal
Words Related to global

broad, catholic, encyclical, general, inclusionary, overall

cosmic (also cosmical), extensive, far, far-reaching, grand, large, panoptic, sweeping, vast, wide, wide-ranging

blanket, indiscriminate, unrestricted
Near Antonyms of global

circumscribed, limited, narrow, restricted, specialized

exact, precise

individual, singular, specific

incomplete, patchy, sketchy

3 having every part of the surface the same distance from the center

  • one of the fair's more striking pavilions was a global structure with a monorail running through its center
Synonyms of global

globular, round, spherical
Words Related to global

annular, circular, disciform, discoid, discoidal, disklike, hooplike, ringlike

curved, looped, spiral

balled, bulbous, rotund, rounded, roundish

cylindrical (also cylindric), elliptical (or elliptic), oblong, oval, ovate, ovoid (also ovoidal)
Antonyms of global

nonspherical

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