world in WordNet English dictionary

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

1. 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"
   global  planetary  world  worldwide  world-wide