whole world

The entire globe

The whole world means everyone or everywhere on Earth, typically used for emphasis or hyperbole.

The whole world is watching.

She felt like the whole world was against her.

It can be literal—pollution affecting the whole world—but more often expresses universality or the feeling that something matters on the largest possible scale.

Related

seven continents · civilization · nations · global village · universality · oneness · unity · interconnectedness · totality · oceans · harmony · ecosystems · languages · inclusivity · hemispheres · four corners · everywhere · mankind

Opposites
inclusivity/coverage

whole worldnobody

Inconsequential person

no one · not a soul · single person · select few · handful

existence/substance

whole worldnothing

Not any thing

nothingness · void · emptiness · vacuum · null

Family

world, holy, whole, worldwide, worldly, wholly, worlds, wholeness, wholes

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