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 Feeling her way through unfamiliar worlds has been something of a lifelong predicament and opportunity for Choi. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 There still exists in him the hope for a return to his idealistic notion of the box being a portal for dimensional advancement, where diseases could be cured, peace could be achieved, and a techno-utopia might be possible across all worlds. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Come for the trippy time loops and strange variant worlds, stay for the exceptional acting and drama! — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026 But while our online worlds have since expanded, the real-world space for anarchic creativity has shrunk. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Unlike the more elaborate visual worlds of the immersive Cornucopia, the Orkestral concerts put the architecture of the music itself front and center. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026 Amazon is also introducing a new feature to Kids Plus called Storybuilder that uses AI to generate picture books and comics from descriptions of characters, worlds, and plot twists provided by kids. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 Drawn to the tactile and familiar qualities of paper, Teo uses playful forms and visual metaphors to transform everyday subjects and construct whimsical, imagined worlds. — New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Of course, the pair of two-bedroom penthouses offer the best of both worlds, each with a 38-foot-long infinity pool that bleeds into the seascape dotted with surfers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The academies hire civilian faculty to offer expertise in topics and disciplines that military officers don’t study as part of their careers, such as English and the humanities.

— Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Carnegie Mellon is known for its work in advanced computing, engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence, but also for its focus on humanities, particularly drama, and interdisciplinary research.

— Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of humanities

Noun

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother takes place in the suburbs of Houston — where Tariq was raised — a setting that manages to make adjoining streets of the Texas city feel like disparate universes.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
While the couple style spectrum spans the matchy-matchy to the alternate universes, these two are well aligned.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of universes

Noun

The Nobel committee said his work was instrumental to the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, which glimpsed the first high-energy neutrinos from faraway galaxies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Halzen’s idea to use Antarctic ice as a giant detector helped create the IceCube observatory, which has captured high-energy neutrinos from distant galaxies and opened a new form of astronomy.

— Kostya Manenkov, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 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

With the fan and light turned off, check for loose globes, shades, bulbs, finials, or other decorative pieces.

— Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of globes

Noun

The show is about the conglomeration of various immigrant groups and people taking advantage of one another in different ways in the Central Valley in California of that era.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
In some ways, beauty is particularly poised to benefit from this shift.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of ways

Noun

As a result, #NiUnaMenos, a feminist group that originated in Argentina and whose aim is to combat complacency in societies that experience femicides, has taken root in Mexico.

— Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
But whereas those two societies turned toward greater openness in the following decades, China is heading down an increasingly ethnocentric path.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026