Definition:
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
- (a.) Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.
- (a.) 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.
- (n.) The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
- (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.
- (n.) A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.
Compare universal with other words:
generally vs. universal
omnipresent vs. universal
descriptive vs. universal
universal vs. widespread
sortal vs. universal
nominalism vs. universal
polygenesis vs. universal
universal vs. worldwide
prevalent vs. universal
uniform vs. universal
ubiquitous vs. universal
universal vs. versatile
common vs. universal
international vs. universal
bloke vs. universal
overall vs. universal
cosmopolitan vs. universal
cosmos vs. universal
ordinary vs. universal
individuation vs. universal
catholicity vs. universal
catholicon vs. universal
permanent vs. universal
universal vs. universality
universal vs. universally
synchronicity vs. universal
doomsday vs. universal
god vs. universal
ecumenical vs. universal
archetype vs. universal
hypostatize vs. universal
pantology vs. universal
catholic vs. universal
specific vs. universal
polyhistor vs. universal
generic vs. universal
identity vs. universal
token vs. universal
peculiar vs. universal
particular vs. universal
universal vs. universalize
purpose vs. universal
infinite vs. universal
universal vs. vast
universal vs. unlimited
class vs. universal
society vs. universal
group vs. universal
member vs. universal
universal vs. universe
universal vs. university
general vs. universal
universal vs. whole
ball vs. universal
global vs. universal