Synonyms: man, mankind, human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, world
Definition: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
Usage: all the world loves a lover; she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women
Similar words: group, grouping
Definition: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
Similar words: homo, human, human being, man
Definition: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
Synonyms: earth, earthly concern, world, worldly concern
Definition: the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
Usage: they consider the church to be independent of the world
Similar words: concern
Definition: something that interests you because it is important or affects you
Usage: the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
Definition: all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Usage: his world was shattered; we live in different worlds; for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were
Similar words: experience
Definition: the content of direct observation or participation in an event
Usage: he had a religious experience; he recalled the experience vividly
Definition: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
Usage: the Western world
Similar words: social class, socio-economic class, class, stratum
Definition: people having the same social, economic, or educational status
Usage: the working class; an emerging professional class
Synonyms: public, populace, world
Definition: people in general considered as a whole
Usage: he is a hero in the eyes of the public
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience
Synonyms: earth, Earth, globe, world
Definition: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Usage: the Earth moves around the sun; he sailed around the world
Similar words: terrestrial planet
Definition: a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system
Synonyms: universe, macrocosm, existence, world, cosmos, creation
Definition: everything that exists anywhere
Usage: they study the evolution of the universe; the biggest tree in existence
Similar words: natural object
Definition: an object occurring naturally; not made by man
Synonyms: world
Definition: a part of the earth that can be considered separately
Usage: the outdoor world; the world of insects
Definition: a portion of a natural object
Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite
Synonyms: global, world, world-wide, worldwide, planetary
Definition: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
Usage: global war; global monetary policy; neither national nor continental but planetary; a world crisis; of worldwide significance
Similar words: international
Definition: concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations
Usage: international affairs; an international agreement; international waters