ubiquitous
Syllables: ubi·quit·ous/juːˈbɪkwɪtəs//juˈbɪkwɪtəs/
ubiquitous adjective: being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
Adjective
ubiquitous (not comparable)
- Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
- In Christianity, Hinduism, and Judaism, God is ubiquitous.
- Synonyms:
- omnipresent
- Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.
- One of the wild suggestions referred to, as at last coming to be linked with the White Whale in the minds of the superstitiously inclined, was the unearthly conceit that Moby Dick was ubiquitous; that he had actually been encountered in opposite latitudes at one and the same instant of time.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “’’Moby Dick’’, Chapter 41”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449
- Synonyms:
- ever-present
- Widespread; very prevalent.
ubiquitous meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
ubiquitous in Hindi
- being everywhere
- सर्वव्यापी sarvavyāpī, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpak, सर्वत्रव्याप्त sarvatravyāpt, सर्वत्रवर्तमान sarvatravartamān, सार्वत्रिक sārvatrik, सर्वगत sarvagat
- seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
- सर्वव्यापी sarvavyāpī, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpak, सर्वत्रव्याप्त sarvatravyāpt, सर्वत्रवर्तमान sarvatravartamān, सार्वत्रिक sārvatrik, सर्वगत sarvagat
ubiquitous in Marathi
- being everywhere
- सर्वव्यापी sarvavyāpī, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpak, सर्वत्रव्याप्त sarvatravyāpta, सर्वत्रवर्तमान sarvatravartamān, सार्वत्रिक sārvatrik, सर्वगत sarvagat
- seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
- सर्वव्यापी sarvavyāpī, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpak, सर्वत्रव्याप्त sarvatravyāpta, सर्वत्रवर्तमान sarvatravartamān, सार्वत्रिक sārvatrik, सर्वगत sarvagat
ubiquitous in Urdu
- being everywhere
- ہر جگہ har jagah
- seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
- ہر جگہ har jagah
ubiquitous in Bengali
- সর্বব্যাপী
More languagesFewer languages
- ubiquitous in Telugu
- సర్వవ్యాప్తం
- ubiquitous in Malayalam
- സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ, ഒരേ സമയത്ത് എല്ലായിടത്തുമുള്ള
- ubiquitous in Kannada
- ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆಯಿರುವ
- ubiquitous in Gujarati
- સર્વવ્યાપક
- ubiquitous in Odia
- ସର୍ବବ୍ଯ଼ାପୀ, ସର୍ବବ୍ଯ଼ାପି
- ubiquitous in Sanskrit
- सर्वव्यापी sarvavyāpī, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpaka, सर्वत्रव्याप्त sarvatravyāpta, सर्वत्रवर्तमान sarvatravartamāna
- ubiquitous in Nepali
- सर्वव्यापी sarvavyāpī, सर्वव्यापक sarvavyāpak, सर्वत्रव्याप्त sarvatravyāpta, सर्वत्रवर्तमान sarvatravartamān
- ubiquitous in Persian
- همه جا hama jā
- ubiquitous in Thai
- พบทั่วไป, แพร่หลาย, ดาษดื่น, ดกดื่น
Examples of ubiquitous in a sentence
- Even savvy Internet users have fallen victim to the ubiquitous Nigerian scam.
- The news industry is undergoing a massive disintermediation due to the ubiquitous low-cost communication made possible by the internet.
- The ubiquitous café is just a Frenchification of the old English coffeehouse, providing the ambiance of peaceful al fresco dining without actually moving any chairs outdoors.
Synonyms of ubiquitous
Origin of ubiquitous
From ubiquity + -ous, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque (“everywhere”), from ubī̆ (“where”) + -que (“each, ever”). Compare ubiety.
Words formed from ubiquitous
Words that rhyme with ubiquitous
Questions about ubiquitous
- What does ubiquitous mean?
- Ubiquitous means being everywhere at once: omnipresent.
- What is ubiquitous in Hindi?
- Ubiquitous in Hindi is सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī), सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak), सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpt). See Ubiquitous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ubiquitous?
- Ubiquitous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ubiquitous?
- Ubiquitous is pronounced /juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/ (UK).
Words near ubiquitous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ubiquitous (page history and authors); ubiquitous (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ubiquitous (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ubiquitous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ubiquitous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ubiquitous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ubiquitous (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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