Noun

• S: (n) Earth, earth, world, globe (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on) "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
• S: (n) ball, globe, orb (an object with a spherical shape) "a ball of fire"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) crystal ball (a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers)
• S: (n) mothball, camphor ball (a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing)
• S: (n) time-ball (a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory)
• S: (n) fireball (the luminous center of a nuclear explosion)
• S: (n) fireball (a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning))
• S: (n) globule (a small globe or ball)
• S: (n) bubble (a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide))
• S: (n) air bubble (a bubble of air)
• S: (n) foam, froth (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid) "the beer had a thick head of foam"
• S: (n) shaving foam (toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving)
• S: (n) head (the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container) "the beer had a large head of foam"
• S: (n) lather (the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse))
• S: (n) soapsuds, suds, lather (the froth produced by soaps or detergents)
• S: (n) shaving cream, shaving soap (toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving)
• S: (n) spume (foam or froth on the sea)
• S: (n) white water, whitewater (frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls)
• S: (n) soap bubble (a bubble formed by a thin soap film)
• S: (n) spherule (a small sphere)
• S: (n) pellet (a small sphere)
• S: (n) bolus (a small round soft mass (as of chewed food))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) globular [Related to: globe] (having the shape of a sphere or ball) "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
• W: (adj) global [Related to: globe] (having the shape of a sphere or ball) "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
• derivationally related form
• antonym
• Overview
• S: (adj) 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"
• S: (adj) ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical (having the shape of a sphere or ball) "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
• synset
• W: (v) conglobate [Related to: globe] (assume a globular shape)
• S: (n) globe (a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented)