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WWIII

WWIII is the abbreviation of World War III.

Meaning of World War III

Proper noun

World War III

  1. A hypothetical world war following World War II.
    • "I can't pretend I'm sorry to hear of the Khan's death - at least that removes the threat of World War Three - but what are we left with?"1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 62
    Synonyms:
    Third World War

Forms of WWIII

alternative formWW3

Questions about WWIII

What is WWIII the abbreviation of?
WWIII is the abbreviation of World War III.

Words near WWIII in the dictionary

  1. WWF
  2. WWFC
  3. WWG1WGA
  4. WWI
  5. WWII
  6. WWIII
  7. WWJD
  8. WWMCCS
  9. wwoof
  10. wwoofed
  11. wwoofer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: WWIII (page history and authors); World War III (page history and authors). 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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