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| Main Entry: | world |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | planet, globe |
| Synonyms: | cosmos, creation, earth, heavenly body, macrocosm, nature, sphere, star, universe, microcosm, terrene |
| Main Entry: | world |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class of existing beings |
| Synonyms: | class, division, everyone, group, humanity, humankind, race, realm, everybody, human race |
| Main Entry: | world |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's environment, experience |
| Synonyms: | ambience, area, atmosphere, business, domain, field, life, memory, province, realm, sphere, system, matters, pursuits |
| Main Entry: | existence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life |
| Synonyms: | actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, entity, essence, individuality, journey, permanence, perseverance, presence, rat race*, real world*, reality, something, subsistence, survival, world, hand one is dealt, lifing, the big game |
| Antonyms: | death, inanimateness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | global |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worldwide, all-encompassing |
| Synonyms: | all-around, all-inclusive, all-out, blanket, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, earthly, ecumenical, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, grand, international, mundane, overall, planetary, spherical, sweeping, thorough, total, universal, unlimited, world, pandemic, unbounded |
| Antonyms: | individual, limited, local |
| Main Entry: | globe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Earth, sphere |
| Synonyms: | ball, balloon*, map, orb, planet, round, world, apple*, big blue marble, rondure, spheroid, terrene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | international |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worldwide |
| Synonyms: | cosmopolitan, ecumenical, foreign, global, universal, world, all-embracing, intercontinental |
| Antonyms: | local, national |
| Main Entry: | planet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celestial body orbiting a star |
| Synonyms: | earth, globe, heavenly body, marble, orb*, sphere, world, apple*, asteroid, luminous body, planetoid, terrene, wandering star |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | realm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of responsibility or rule |
| Synonyms: | branch, compass, country, department, dimension, domain, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, ground, kingdom, land, monarchy, neck of the woods, neighborhood, orbit, place, province, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone, principality, purview, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, sphere, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone, demesne, locality, neck of woods, shire, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | universe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | everything in creation |
| Synonyms: | cosmos, everything, macrocosm, nature, world, natural world |
| Antonyms: | locality |
| Main Entry: | being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | existence |
| Synonyms: | actuality, animation, journey, life, living, presence, reality, subsistence, vitality, world |
| Antonyms: | deadness |
| Main Entry: | cosmos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | universe |
| Synonyms: | creation, galaxy, macrocosm, nature, solar system, world, macrocosmos, megacosm, star system |
| Main Entry: | society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humankind, people |
| Synonyms: | association, camaraderie, civilization, commonwealth, community, companionship, company, culture, friendship, humanity, jungle*, nation, population, public, rat race*, world, zoo, commonality, comradeship, general public, social order |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | all living things |
| Synonyms: | cosmos, life, macrocosm, nature, totality, universe, world, living world, macrocosmos, megacosm |
| Antonyms: | death |
| Main Entry: | flesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humankind |
| Synonyms: | human nature, humanity, mortality, people, race, stock, world, animality, carnality, homo sapiens, human race, living creatures, physical nature, physicality, sensuality |
| Main Entry: | nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, creation |
| Synonyms: | cosmos, country, countryside, environment, forest, generation, landscape, macrocosm, outdoors, scenery, setting, universe, view, world, megacosm, natural history, seascape |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | field of interest |
| Synonyms: | arena, business, compass, culture, environment, field, milieu, setting, sphere, world |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's experiences |
| Synonyms: | attainment, behavior, circumstances, conduct, development, enjoyment, enlightenment, growth, happiness, journey, knowledge, lifestyle, participation, personality, realization, suffering, world, hand one is dealt, human condition, trials and tribulations, vicissitudes, way of life |
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