1. (

• worldwide ,
• world-wide

) spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" ;

2. (

• global ,
• planetary ,
• world ,
• worldwide ,
• world-wide

) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" ;

3. (

• cosmopolitan ,
• ecumenical ,
• oecumenical ,
• general ,
• universal ,
• worldwide ,
• world-wide

) of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" ;