whole wide world

All of existence

The whole wide world is an emphatic way of saying everywhere or everyone on Earth: She's the best mom in the whole wide world.

The phrase intensifies claims of uniqueness or totality, often with affectionate or hyperbolic intent.

Common in children's speech and expressions of devotion.

Related
  • earthSoil or electrical grounding
  • globeSpherical representation of landmasses
  • cosmosOrderly totality of existence
  • planetStar-orbiting spherical body
  • four cornersAngular meeting points of edges

ends of the earth · universe · humanity · diversity · unity · everywhere · exploration · international · global village · traditions · interconnectedness · wonder · all-encompassing · continents · comprehensive · oceans · borderless · seven seas

Opposites
geographic scope

whole wide worldlocal area

backyard · neighborhood · nowhere · home turf · microcosm

inclusivity/comprehensiveness

whole wide worldnothing at all

no one · not a soul · next to nothing · a handful · fragment

significance/importance

whole wide worldabsolutely nothing

not a thing · drop in the bucket

Family

whole, wide, world, wholly, wholeness, wholesome, wholesomeness, widen, widening

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