the whole world

Every place combined

The whole world means everyone or everything on Earth, emphasizing totality or universal scope.

It often expresses strong emotion through hyperbole: The whole world is watching, She means the whole world to me.

Can describe something that feels all-encompassing: His whole world fell apart when she left.

Related

universal · civilizations · interconnectedness · cosmopolitanism · humanity · common humanity · unity · climate change · global village · everybody · people · mankind · big picture · international · sky · biodiversity · cosmos · expanse

Opposites
scope/scale

the whole worldnothing

Not any thing

nowhere · local · regional · provincial · parochial

inclusivity of people/humanity

the whole worldno one

Zero individuals

nobody · not a soul · nothing · a handful · the self

existence/being

the whole worldnothing

Not any thing

nothingness · the void · emptiness · nonexistence · oblivion

Family

world, whole, worldwide, worldly, wholly, worlds, wholehearted, otherworldly, wholeness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G