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World

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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International 84% connected

Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nati…

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International 84% connected

Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nati…

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Academe 76% connected

An academy.

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Nature 76% connected

The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Grouping 76% connected

of Group

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Human 76% connected

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Macrocosmic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the macrocosm.

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Macrocosmic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the macrocosm.

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Temporal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

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Temporal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

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Audience 70% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Galaxy 70% connected

The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so dis…

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People 70% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Synonym 16

Cosmos 92% connected

The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

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Creation 92% connected

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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Domain 92% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Earth 92% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Existence 92% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humanity 92% connected

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humankind 92% connected

Mankind.

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Macrocosm 92% connected

The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.

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Man 92% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mankind 92% connected

The human race; man, taken collectively.

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Planetary 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Populace 92% connected

The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

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Public 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the pub…

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Reality 92% connected

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Universe 92% connected

All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the La…

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World-wide 92% connected

Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame.

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