Another word for universal
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Adjective
So pervasive and all-inclusive as to exist in or affect the whole world
- Involving or extending throughout the entire world; universal:
- Throughout the world:
- Of, relating to, or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
- Of or relating to the earth; terrestrial or earthly:
- Of or affecting the entire world; global:
- Widespread; general.
- Epidemic over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of the population:
- A pandemic disease.
- Having the shape of a globe; spherical.
- Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth; worldwide:
- Comprehensive; total:
- Of worldwide scope or applicability; universal.
- Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church.
- Concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions.
- Pertinent or common to the whole world:
- Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world:
- So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest:
- Of or relating to the regions of the universe distinct from Earth.
- Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast:
- Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive:
- Including or concerning all humankind; universal:
- Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.
Ever present in all places
- Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.
- Present everywhere simultaneously.
Belonging or relating to the whole
- Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class:
- Lacking specificity; general:
- Of or relating to a genus.
- Concerned with, applicable to, or affecting the whole or every member of a class or category:
- Affecting or characteristic of the majority of those involved; prevalent:
- Of or affecting the entire body:
- Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint:
- Of or relating to the community as a whole; public:
- Widespread; prevalent:
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Noun
A broad and basic rule or truth
- An idea that has been demonstrated as true or is assumed to be so demonstrable.
- A proposition that has been or is to be proved on the basis of explicit assumptions.
- A basic truth, law, or assumption:
- A rule or standard, especially of good behavior:
- The collectivity of moral or ethical standards or judgments:
- A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.
- The body of rules and principles governing the affairs of a community and enforced by a political authority; a legal system:
- The condition of social order and justice created by adherence to such a system:
- Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary:
- Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central:
- Of great significance or entailing major change:
- A self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim:
- An established rule, principle, or law.
- A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument; a postulate.
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Another word for universal
Modifier
Concerning the universe
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- Of or relating to astronomy.
- Of enormous magnitude; immense:
- Of, relating to, or concerned with the stars or constellations; stellar.
- Measured or determined by means of the apparent daily motion of the stars:
- The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light.
- The abode of God and the angels; paradise.
- The sky.
- Of or relating to the sky or physical universe as understood in astronomy:
- Of or relating to heaven; divine:
- Supremely good; sublime:
- Of, relating to, or consisting of stars.
- Of or relating to a star performer.
- Outstanding; principal.
- Of or relating to the regions of the universe distinct from Earth.
- Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast:
Worldwide
Antonyms:General
- not restricted or confined
- having no security classification
- Widely encountered, used, or recognized:
- Not disputed or doubted:
- Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class:
- Lacking specificity; general:
- Of or relating to a genus.
- Customary, usual, or normal:
- Orderly, even, or symmetrical:
- In conformity with a fixed procedure, principle, or discipline.
- Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint:
- Of or relating to the community as a whole; public:
- Widespread; prevalent:
- Of worldwide scope or applicability; universal.
- Of or relating to the worldwide Christian church.
- Concerned with establishing or promoting unity among churches or religions.
- Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive:
- Including or concerning all humankind; universal:
- Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.
- Spread or scattered over a considerable extent:
- Occurring or accepted widely:
- Very great in size, extent, or quantity.
- Very great in scope or import:
- An immense space.
- Being or seeming to be without an end or limit; boundless:
- Formed with the ends joined; continuous:
- Having no limit or limits; unrestricted:
- Having no restrictions or controls:
- Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite:
- Without qualification or exception; absolute:
- An amount obtained by addition; a sum.
- The whole amount of something; the entirety:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire:
- So large in scope or content as to include much:
- Marked by or showing extensive understanding:
- An examination or series of examinations covering the entire field of major study, given to a student in the final year of undergraduate or graduate study.
- Large in extent, range, or amount.
- Of or relating to the cultivation of vast areas of land with a minimum of labor or expense.
- Having wide-ranging influence or effect:
- Moving in or as if in a wide curve:
- Indiscriminate; wholesale:
- Containing all components; complete:
- Not divided or disjoined; in one unit:
- Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration:
- Commonly encountered, experienced, or observed:
- Regularly or customarily used:
- In conformity with regular practice or procedure:
- Commonly practiced, used, or encountered; usual.
- Based on custom or tradition rather than written law or contract.
- Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced.
- Applying to or including everything:
- Having no part excluded or left out; whole:
- Constituting the full amount, extent, or duration:
- Not broken, decayed, or divided; intact:
- Concerned with, applicable to, or affecting the whole or every member of a class or category:
- Affecting or characteristic of the majority of those involved; prevalent:
- Of or affecting the entire body:
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Synonym Study
- Generic implies applicability to every member of a class or, specif. in biology, of a genus a generic characteristic of Homo sapiens, aspirin has become a generic term for acetylsalicylic acid
- General implies applicability to all, nearly all, or most of a group or class a general election
- Universal implies applicability to every case or individual, without exception, in the class, category, etc. concerned a universal practice among primitive peoples
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