1. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest.
Synonyms
- socio-economic class
- class
- social class
- academia
- academe
- Grub Street
- domain
Antonyms
- nonbeing
- female
- juvenile
- woman
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Words that Rhyme with World
- unfurled
- whirled
- twirled
- swirled
- hurled
- curled
How do you pronounce world?
Pronounce world as wərld.
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Example sentences of the word world
1. Noun, singular or mass
Pay attention to small changes in your puppy's responses to the world around her.
Quotes containing the word world
1. Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi
2. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
- Oscar Wilde
3. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. world-shaking
adjective. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world.
Synonyms
- world-shattering
- significant
- earthshaking
Antonyms
- worthless
- inessential
- unimportant
- unimportance
3. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on.
Synonyms
- terra firma
- Earth
- geosphere
- hydrosphere
- land
- lithosphere
- sky
- globe
- air
- atmosphere
- solar system
- solid ground
- earth
- ground
- dry land
- Van Allen belt
Antonyms
- poor people
- timid
- brave
- rich
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] everything that exists anywhere.
Synonyms
- creation
- galaxy
- macrocosm
- heavenly body
- celestial body
- closed universe
- universe
- extraterrestrial object
- existence
- extragalactic nebula
- estraterrestrial body
- cosmos
- natural order
- natural object
Antonyms
- uninitiate
- living
- poor
- dead
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you.
Synonyms
- real world
- experience
- real life
Antonyms
- existent
- impossibility
- nonexistence
- absence
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] people in general considered as a whole.
Synonyms
- people
- admass
- populace
- public
Antonyms
- volunteer
- civilian
- black
- white
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] a part of the earth that can be considered separately.
Synonyms
- piece
Antonyms
- noncitizen
- clergy
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife.
Synonyms
- concern
- earthly concern
- earth
Antonyms
- antitype
- natural object
- inactivity
- finish
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. world
adjective. ['ˈwɝːld'] involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.
Synonyms
- planetary
- global
- international
- worldwide
Antonyms
- embark
- leave
- wet
- anticyclone
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. world
noun. ['ˈwɝːld'] all of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
Synonyms
- mankind
- grouping
- humankind
- man
- humans
- human race
- people
- human beings
- human
- human being
- humanity
- homo
Antonyms
- disconnect
- unfasten
- figure
- ill-natured
Etymology
- world (Middle English (1100-1500))
- woruld (Old English (ca. 450-1100))