universal

• "an issue of cosmopolitan import"
• "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley"
• "universal experience"

Synonyms

• cosmopolitana sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries ; growing or occurring in many parts of the world; composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; of worldwide scope or applicability
• ecumenicalconcerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; of worldwide scope or applicability
• oecumenicalconcerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; of worldwide scope or applicability
• generalcommand as a general; a general officer of the highest rank ; the head of a religious order or congregation ; a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); applying to all or most members of a category or group; not specialized or limited to one class of things; prevailing among and common to the general public; affecting the entire body; somewhat indefinite; of worldwide scope or applicability
• worldwidespanning or extending throughout the entire world; involving the entire earth; of worldwide scope or applicability
• world-wideinvolving the entire earth; spanning or extending throughout the entire world; of worldwide scope or applicability

• "the play opened to universal acclaim"
• "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"

• "universal wrench"
• "universal chuck"
• "universal screwdriver"

Synonyms

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

Synonyms

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

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

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

Synonyms

• universal jointcoupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions