WORLDS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

worlds

noun

plural of world

as in humanities

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

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as in planets

the celestial body on which we live worried about the effects of pollution on the world

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as in universes

the whole body of things observed or assumed theories about the origin of the world

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voids

as in galaxies

a huge physical or conceptual distance they have ideas for the new project that are a world away from his own

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Recent Examples of worlds Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and architect Stefano Baisi have spent nearly a decade creating worlds together. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026 The blockbuster trilogy of papers in the late 1990s showed that, mathematically, these two theoretical worlds (the AdS interior and the CFT surface) are the same. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 Dancing With the Stars contestants, England notes, are more and more commonly coming to the competition with actual dance backgrounds and could thus be of interest; people from the Bollywood or K-pop worlds are also intriguing. — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026 Though from vastly different socioeconomic worlds, a friendship emerged between the two, a common through line Parks shared with many of his subjects. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Soon, the distinction between Lali’s two worlds begins to collapse. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Three completely different worlds—a corporation, a beauty startup, a celebrity business—and yet one common thread runs through all three. — Ramin Seyed, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The two men came from different worlds but shared a love for finance. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 The Kansas football team’s trip to London has been a collision of two worlds all week, leading up to Saturday’s historic KU-Arizona State game at Wembley Stadium. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for worlds

Noun

One of them is the culture of the humanities, and these idiots don’t know what the second law of thermodynamics are.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Colleges are cutting costs by eliminating humanities departments.

— Nora Oakes Howard, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of humanities

Noun

Meanwhile, planets like GJ 1061c or K2-3d may have older evolutionary histories, but that doesn’t correlate to highly advanced inhabitants.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
The orbs on the notepad began to resemble planets and Heti added rings to some and clusters of stars around others.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of planets

Noun

Like parallel universes, rebirth, dying and coming back — this is very popular in the anime world.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
The show brings back many TBBT cast members playing different versions of their original characters from alternate universes, including Mayim Bialik, who recently spoke with Entertainment Weekly about returning to play Amy Farrah Fowler.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of universes

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

Most globes take between a few weeks and a few months to make, and each is a work of art, customized for clients with family histories, past travels, migration routes, and personalized themes.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Seeing the world through old maps The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of globes

Noun

Also, his team may advise that a specific nursing home or memory care facility would improve his quality of life in some ways.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
New Paths, New Voices The path to becoming a filmmaker is evolving in disruptive and exciting ways.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026