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, peopleRelated 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, earthRelated 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, universeRelated Words existence, realityNear 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, galaxyRelated Words country mile, long haul, way; infinityNear Antonyms hop, skip, and jump, shouting distance, stone's throw, striking distance; hair, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), inch