Meaning & use
cosmic
Relating to the universe as a whole, or vast in scale, importance, or extent.
See it in a sentence
Astronomers detected cosmic radiation left over from the early universe.
Losing the championship felt like a cosmic joke after such a perfect season.
A note on using this word
Cosmic is used literally for outer space phenomena and figuratively for anything of enormous, almost universal, scale.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
earthlymundane
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