World definition

World as a noun

1. everything that exists anywhere

   Same sense: universe, creation, existence, cosmos, macrocosm

2. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest

   "the Western world"

   Same sense: domain

3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

   "his world was shattered"

   Same sense: reality

4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

   "he sailed around the world"

   Same sense: earth, globe

5. people in general considered as a whole

   Same sense: public, populace

6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately

   "the outdoor world"

7. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

   "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

   Same sense: earth, worldly concern, earthly concern

8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

   "all the world loves a lover"

   Same sense: man, human race, humans, humanity, human beings, mankind, humankind

World as an adjective

9. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

   "a world crisis"

   Same sense: global, world-wide, worldwide, planetary

Synonyms and antonyms

• universe
• creation
• existence
• cosmos
• macrocosm
• domain
• reality
• earth
• globe
• public definition
• populace
• worldly concern
• earthly concern
• man definition
• human race
• humans
• humanity
• human beings
• mankind
• humankind
• global
• world-wide
• worldwide
• planetary

All synonyms of world, sense by sense

How to say world

World has 1 syllable and rhymes with underworld. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with world

• underworld
• curled
• hurled
• swirled
• unfurled
• netherworld
• dreamworld
• whirled
• twirled

WORLD in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

10

Anagrams

0

Is WORLD a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check WORLD in the word checker, or unscramble WORLD to see the shorter words in its letters.