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universal

universal is a 9-letter English word with 14 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 14 senses

Definitions

  1. 1adjective

    Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.

  2. 2adjective

    Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.

  3. 3adjective

    Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.

  4. 4adjective

    Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.

  5. 5noun

    The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.

  6. 6noun

    A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.

  7. 7noun

    A universal proposition. See Universal., 4.

  8. 8noun

    coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions

    "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"

  9. 9noun

    a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings

    "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"

  10. 10noun

    (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class

  11. 11noun

    (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages

  12. 12adjective

    of worldwide scope or applicability- Christopher Morley

    "an issue of cosmopolitan import"

    "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"

    Synonyms

    cosmopolitanecumenicalgeneraloecumenicalworldwide
  13. 13adjective

    adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations, "universal chuck"

    "universal wrench"

    "universal screwdriver"

  14. 14adjective

    applicable to or common to all members of a group or set

    "the play opened to universal acclaim"

    "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"

Synonyms

cosmopolitanecumenicalgeneraloecumenicalworldwide

Common word forms

universalsuniversallyuniversaliseuniversalityuniversalizeuniversalness

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