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. adjective. 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. adjective. Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
3. adjective. Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
4. adjective. 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. noun. The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
6. noun. A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.
7. noun. A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.
8. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
11. noun. (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
12. adjective. of worldwide scope or applicability- Christopher Morley

    "an issue of cosmopolitan import"

    "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"

    Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, worldwide

13. adjective. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations, "universal chuck"

    "universal wrench"

    "universal screwdriver"

14. adjective. 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

cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, worldwide

Common word forms

universals, universally, universalise, universality, universalize, universalness

Words from these letters

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