| noun | everything that exists anywhere “they study the evolution of the universe” |
| noun | people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest “the Western world” |
| noun | all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you “his world was shattered” |
| noun | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on “the Earth moves around the sun” |
| noun | people in general considered as a whole “he is a hero in the eyes of the public” |
| noun | a part of the earth that can be considered separately “the outdoor world” |
| noun | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife “they consider the church to be independent of the world” |
| noun | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth “all the world loves a lover” |
| adjective | involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope “global war” |
| universal | adjective | of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley |
| cosmic | adjective | inconceivably extended in space or time |
| macrocosmic | adjective | relating to or constituting a macrocosm |
| earthling | noun | an inhabitant of the earth |
| global | adjective | involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope |
| worldly | adjective | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world |
| globe | noun | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on |