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world

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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

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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

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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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