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 The search for alien life has tended to focus on looking for either signs of extraterrestrial technology or evidence of biological processes on other worlds. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 July 2026 There are thousands of VR worlds in the metaverse, on platforms such as VRChat and Roblox. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 July 2026 United players found the best of both worlds to run out victors over their Norwegian hosts. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Its mix of cascading waterfalls, misty cloud forests, volcanic terrain and remote mountain landscapes gives productions access to a wide range of visual worlds within a reduced area. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026 Straddling two worlds After spending the past two years focused on the men’s game, Penso said women’s soccer is starkly different, from physiology to the ways fouls are committed. — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 Painterly compositions, operatic violence, and surreal emotional logic overwhelm the audience in twisted worlds that overwhelm first and explain second. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 In, Zoom Out, the feature debut of Chinese director Dong Jie, which follows a young game designer searching through real and virtual worlds to find his missing roommate. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2026 Create a character, solve challenges and explore new worlds with other players. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for worlds

Noun

Association of University Presses (AUPresses) members share a commitment to advancing knowledge and have long published scholarly works that contribute to understanding many complex subjects, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Skills used in humanities majors like English can teach workers how to be indispensable, as human judgment is increasingly vital in the age of AI, communications expert Grace Aldridge Foster says.

— Courtney Connley-Hampton, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of humanities

Noun

The tracking station is part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, operating in concert with similar facilities in California and Australia to provide global coverage as Earth’s rotation brings the planets, stars, and deep space probes in and out of view.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Meteorites are deposits from meteoroids, planetary fragments traveling at extremely high speeds through space that get pulled into planets’ orbits.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of planets

Noun

The Odyssey tweaks Homer’s classic story into a moodier version of the swords-and-sandals epic—and represents a rare swerve away from tired sequels, cheap remakes, and creaky cinematic universes.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Or have the stakes be higher than however many universes that might explode.

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 23 July 2026

Definition of universes

Noun

For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its central nucleus to its outer limits.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026
This, in turn, can help refine our bigger-picture understanding of how stars and galaxies formed.

— Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026

Definition of galaxies

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

In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes.

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026

Definition of globes

Noun

Rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, guano transformed agricultural productivity at a time when expanding populations and industrializing societies demanded more food than traditional farming systems could produce.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
The competition for promotion and tenure, the awarding of grants, and admission to exclusive professional societies is intense.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026