| NOUN | object | world, universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm | everything that exists anywhere |
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| group | world, domain | people in general | |
| cognition | world, reality | all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you | |
| object | world, Earth, earth, globe | the 3rd planet from the sun | |
| group | world, populace, public | people in general considered as a whole | |
| object | world | a part of the earth that can be considered separately | |
| cognition | world, worldly concern, earthly concern, earth | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | |
| animal | world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | world, global, planetary, worldwide, world-wide | involving the entire earth |
| Sounds | wer'ld | |
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| Rhymes | curled ... underworld: 5 rhymes with erld... | |
| Meaning | Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope. | |
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| Synonyms | global, planetary, worldwide, world-wide | |
| Broader | international | Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations |
| Spanish | global, mundial, universal | |
| Catalan | global, mundial, universal | |
| Meaning | Everything that exists anywhere. | |
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| Synonyms | universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm | |
| Members | galaxy, extragalactic nebula | (astronomy) a collection of star systems |
| Parts | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
| extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body | A natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere | |
| Narrower | closed universe | (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang |
| natural order | The physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws | |
| nature | The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. | |
| Broader | natural object | An object occurring naturally |
| Spanish | cosmos, creación, macrocosmo, macrocosmos, mundo, naturaleza, universo | |
| Catalan | cosmos, macrocosmos, món, naturalesa, natura, univers | |
| Meaning | people in general; especially a distinctive / distinctive group of people with some shared interest. | |
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| Example | "the Western world" | |
| Synonym | domain | |
| Narrower | Grub Street | The world of literary hacks |
| academia, academe | The academic world | |
| Broader | class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class | People having the same social, economic, or educational status |
| Meaning | All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. | |
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| Synonym | reality | |
| Narrower | real world, real life | The practical world as opposed to the academic world |
| Broader | experience | The content of direct observation or participation in an event |
| Spanish | mundo, realidad | |
| Catalan | món, realitat | |
| Meaning | The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. | |
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| Example | "he sailed around the world" | |
| Synonyms | Earth, earth, globe | |
| Instance of | terrestrial planet | A planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's |
| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
| Parts | Van Allen belt | A belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field |
| atmosphere, air | The mass of air surrounding the Earth | |
| hemisphere | half of the terrestrial globe | |
| hydrosphere | The watery layer of the earth's surface | |
| land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | The solid part of the earth's surface | |
| lithosphere, geosphere | The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | |
| sky | The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth | |
| Spanish | globo, globo terráqueo, globo terrestre, mundo, Tierra, tierra | |
| Catalan | globus terraqüi, món, Terra, terra | |
| Meaning | People in general considered as a whole. | |
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| Synonyms | populace, public | |
| Members | audience | The part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment |
| Narrower | admass | (chiefly British) the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Spanish | mundo, público, pueblo | |
| Catalan | poble | |
| Meaning | A part of the earth that can be considered separately. | |
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| Broader | part, piece | A portion of a natural object |
| Spanish | Mundo | |
| Meaning | The concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife. | |
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| Example | "they consider the church to be independent of the world" | |
| Synonyms | worldly concern, earthly concern, earth | |
| Broader | concern | Something that interests you because it is important or affects you |
| Adjectives | worldly | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world |
| Meaning | All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. | |
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| Example | "all the world loves a lover" | |
| Synonyms | human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man | |
| Members | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
| homo, man, human being, human | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | |
| Spanish | especie humana, género humano, hombre, humanidad, mundo, raza humana, tierra | |
| Catalan | espècie humana, gènere humà, home, humanitat, llinatge humà, món, raça humana | |
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