world
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
everything that exists anywhere
they study the evolution of the universe
Types & categories
- natural object hypernym
- closed universe hyponym
- natural order hyponym
- nature hyponym
Parts & wholes
- extragalactic nebula member meronym
- celestial body part meronym
- extraterrestrial object part meronym
Related & opposite
- universal derivation
- cosmic derivation
- cosmic derivation
- macrocosmic derivation
Sense 2 noun
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
the Western world
Types & categories
- social class hypernym
- academia hyponym
- Grub Street hyponym
Sense 3 noun
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
his world was shattered
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
- real world hyponym
Sense 4 noun
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
the Earth moves around the sun
Types & categories
- terrestrial planet instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- solar system member holonym
- atmosphere part meronym
- hemisphere part meronym
- Van Allen belt part meronym
- hydrosphere part meronym
- ground part meronym
- lithosphere part meronym
- sky part meronym
Related & opposite
- tellurian derivation
- world-wide derivation
Sense 5 noun
people in general considered as a whole
he is a hero in the eyes of the public
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- audience member meronym
Sense 6 noun
a part of the earth that can be considered separately
the outdoor world
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
they consider the church to be independent of the world
Types & categories
- concern hypernym
Related & opposite
- worldly derivation
Sense 8 noun
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
all the world loves a lover
Types & categories
- group hypernym
- human being hypernym
Parts & wholes
- people member meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | universal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cosmic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cosmic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | macrocosmic |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | extragalactic nebula |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | celestial body |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | extraterrestrial object |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | closed universe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | natural order |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nature |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | social class |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | academia |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Grub Street |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | real world |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tellurian |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | world-wide |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | solar system |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | atmosphere |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hemisphere |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Van Allen belt |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | hydrosphere |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ground |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lithosphere |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sky |
| 4 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | terrestrial planet |
| 5 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | audience |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | admass |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | worldly |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | concern |
| 8 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | people |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | group |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | human being |