world meaning and definition

WORLD noun

Definition of world (noun)

1. everything that exists anywhere
   • "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
   • synonyms: cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe
2. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
   • "the Western world"
   • synonyms: domain
3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
   • "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
   • synonyms: reality
4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
   • "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
   • synonyms: Earth, earth, globe
5. people in general considered as a whole
   • "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
   • synonyms: populace, public
6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately
   • "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
7. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
   • "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
   • synonyms: earth, earthly concern, worldly concern
8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
   • "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
   • synonyms: human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind

WORLD adjective

Definition of world (adjective)

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
   • "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"
   • synonyms: global, planetary, worldwide, world-wide