Noun:
1: macrocosm, creation, universe, world, cosmos, existence everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
2: reality, world 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"
3: domain, world people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
4: earth, world, globe the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
5: earthly concern, worldly concern, earth, world the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world"
6: world a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
7: public, populace, world people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
8: human beings, man, mankind, human race, humankind, humanity, humans, world 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"
Adjective:
1: global, world-wide, world, worldwide, planetary, international 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"