Definition of world

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • world is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • world is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • world is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of world


  • people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest (noun)

    Examples

    1. the Western world

    Synonyms

    1. domain
  • people in general considered as a whole (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. populace
    2. public
  • all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you (noun)

    Examples

    1. his world was shattered
    2. we live in different worlds

    Synonyms

    1. reality
  • the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on (noun)

    Examples

    1. he sailed around the world

    Synonyms

    1. earth
    2. globe
  • involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a world crisis
    2. of worldwide significance

    Synonyms

    1. global
    2. planetary
    3. world-wide
    4. worldwide
  • the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife (noun)

    Examples

    1. they consider the church to be independent of the world

    Synonyms

    1. earth
    2. earthly concern
    3. worldly concern
  • everything that exists anywhere (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cosmos
    2. creation
    3. existence
    4. macrocosm
    5. universe
  • all of the living human inhabitants of the earth (noun)

    Examples

    1. all the world loves a lover

    Synonyms

    1. human beings
    2. human race
    3. humanity
    4. humankind
    5. humans
    6. man
    7. mankind
  • a part of the earth that can be considered separately (noun)

    Examples

    1. the outdoor world
    2. the world of insects

See definition of world in Merriam Webster