Synonyms of the word

universal

• adj. Of or pertaining to the universe.
• adj. Common to all members of a group or class.
• adj. Common to all society; world-wide.
• adj. Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite.
• adj. Useful for many purposes general-purpose, all-purpose, e.g., universal wrench.
• n. (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.

adaptable

• adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

comprehensive

• adj. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
• n. (Britain) A comprehensive school.

convention

• n. A meeting or gathering.
• n. A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
• n. The convening of a formal meeting.
• n. A formal agreement, contract or pact.
• n. (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
• n. A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.

cosmopolitan

• adj. all-inclusive; affecting the whole world.
• adj. (of a place or institution) composed of people from all over the world.
• adj. (of a person) at ease in any part of the world.
• adj. (biology, ecology) growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
• n. A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
• n. A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.

coupler

• n. (now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
• n. Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
• n. (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
• n. A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone…
• n. An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a…

coupling

• v. present participle of couple.
• n. act of joining together to form a couple.
• n. a device that couples two things together.
• n. (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules.
• n. (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
• n. (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other.
• n. (sexuality) sexual intercourse.

ecumenical

• adj. (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational;…
• adj. General, universal, worldwide.

formula

• n. (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
• n. (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
• n. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
• n. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities…
• n. Drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
• n. (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables,…

general

• adj. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific…
• adj. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate…
• adj. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
• adj. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
• adj. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
• adj. Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area.
• n. (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality.
• n. (military) A senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific…
• n. A great strategist or tactician.
• n. (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
• n. (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
• n. (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
• n. A general anaesthetic; general anaesthesia.
• v. To lead (soldiers) as a general.

normal

• adj. According to norms or rules.
• adj. Healthy; not sick or ill.
• adj. (Of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms).
• adj. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre…
• adj. (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound…
• adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency…
• adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
• adj. (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent line or derivative of a surface in Euclidean space.
• adj. (mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context.
• adj. (topology, of a topology) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
• n. (geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
• n. (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live…
• n. (uncountable) The usual state.

oecumenical

• adj. Alternative spelling of ecumenical.

pattern

• n. Model, example.
• n. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
• n. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative…
• n. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
• n. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen…
• n. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
• v. To apply a pattern.
• v. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model;…
• v. To follow an example.
• v. To fit into a pattern.
• v. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

proposition

• n. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
• n. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
• n. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
• n. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on…
• n. (grammar) a complete sentence.
• n. (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered…
• n. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
• n. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a…
• n. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
• n. (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
• v. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone who one is not sexually…
• v. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

world-wide

• adj. Alternative spelling of worldwide.
• adv. Alternative spelling of worldwide.

worldwide

• adj. Spanning the world.
• adv. Throughout the world.