world

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest

“the Western world”

people in general considered as a whole

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

“his world was shattered”

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

“he sailed around the world”

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

“a world crisis”

the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife

“they consider the church to be independent of the world”

everything that exists anywhere

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

“all the world loves a lover”

a part of the earth that can be considered separately

“the outdoor world”