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, public, species, peopleWords 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 globe, planet, earthWords 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, universeWords Related to world existence, realityNear Antonyms of world nothingness, void

4 a huge physical or conceptual distance liberal attitudes that are a world away from his neighbors' backward mentality Synonyms of world light-year, galaxyWords Related to world country mile, long haul, way; infinityNear Antonyms of world hop, skip, and jump, shouting distance, stone's throw, striking distance; hair, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), inch