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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of world

1 human beings in general
  • the whole world is waiting to see how this crisis will play out
Synonyms of world

folks, humanity, humankind, people, public, species
Words Related to world

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 of world

earth, globe, planet
Words Related to world

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 of world

cosmos, creation, macrocosm, nature, universe
Words Related to world

existence, reality
Near Antonyms of world

nothingness, void
4 a huge physical or conceptual distance
  • they have ideas for the new project that are a world away from his own
Synonyms of world

galaxy, light-year
Words Related to world

country mile, long haul, way

infinity
Near Antonyms of world

hop, skip, and jump, shouting distance, stone's throw, striking distance

hair, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), inch

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