world
     adj : 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" [syn: {global}, {planetary},
            {world(a)}, {worldwide}]
     n 1: all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a
          lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind'
          seemed to slight the women" [syn: {human race}, {humanity},
           {humankind}, {human beings}, {humans}, {mankind}, {man}]
     2: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution
        of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: {universe},
         {existence}, {creation}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}]
     3: 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" [syn: {reality}]
     4: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people
        with some shared interest; "the Western world" [syn: {domain}]
     5: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;
        "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the
        world" [syn: {Earth}, {globe}]
     6: the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and
        the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent
        of the world" [syn: {worldly concern}, {earthly concern},
        {earth}]
     7: a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the
        outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
     8: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in
        the eyes of the public" [syn: {populace}, {public}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0