Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun globe
3 senses of globe
Sense 1
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")
INSTANCE OF=> terrestrial planet -- (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
Sense 2
ball, globe, orb -- (an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire")
=> sphere -- (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
Sense 3
globe -- (a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented)
=> sphere -- (any spherically shaped artifact)
=> model, simulation -- (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))