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ubiquitous

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪkwɪtəs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /juːˈbɪkwətəs/
  • Gloucestershire Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /juˈbɪkwɪtəs/
  • Canada, General-American: [juˈbɪkwɪɾəs]
  • Canada, General-American: /juˈbɪkwətəs/
  • Canada, General-American: [juˈbɪkwəɾəs]
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /jʉːˈbɪkwɪtəs/
  • Australian: [jʉːˈbɪkwɪɾəs]
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪkwɪtəs
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW0 B IH1 K W IH0 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • In Christianity, Hinduism, and Judaism, God is ubiquitous.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: omnipresent

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Appearing to be everywhere at once; being or seeming to be in more than one location at the same time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ever-present

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Widespread; very prevalent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: common, pervasive

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

being present everywhere at once

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: omnipresent

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From ubiquity + -ous, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque (“everywhere”), from ubī̆ (“where”) + -que (“each, ever”). Compare ubiety.

Across languages

Translations

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: alomteenwoordig — being everywhere
  • Bulgarian: повсеместен (povsemesten) — being everywhere
  • Catalan: ubic — being everywhere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無處不在的 /无处不在的 (wúchùbùzài de) — being everywhere
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無所不在的 /无所不在的 (wúsuǒbùzài de) — being everywhere
  • Czech: všudypřítomný — being everywhere
  • Danish: allestedsnærværende — being everywhere
  • Dutch: alomtegenwoordig — being everywhere
  • Dutch: overal aanwezig — being everywhere
  • Finnish: kaikkialla läsnä oleva — being everywhere
  • Finnish: ubiikki — being everywhere
  • Finnish: yleisesti levinnyt — being everywhere
  • French: ubiquiste — being everywhere
  • French: ubiquitaire — being everywhere
  • French: omniprésent — being everywhere
  • Galician: ubicuo — being everywhere
  • Georgian: ყველგან არსებული (q̇velgan arsebuli) — being everywhere
  • Georgian: გავრცელებული (gavrcelebuli) — being everywhere
  • Georgian: ყველგან მყოფი (q̇velgan mq̇opi) — being everywhere
  • German: allgegenwärtig — being everywhere
  • German: überall vorhanden — being everywhere
  • German: überall verbreitet — being everywhere
  • German: ubiquitär — being everywhere
  • Greek: πανταχού παρών (pantachoú parón) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpt) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamān) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrik) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: सर्वगत (sarvagat) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: विभु (vibhu) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Hindi: हर जगह (har jagah) — being everywhere
  • Hungarian: mindenütt jelen levő — being everywhere
  • Italian: ubiquitario — being everywhere
  • Italian: onnipresente — being everywhere
  • Japanese: 遍在する (henzai suru) — being everywhere
  • Latin: ubique — being everywhere
  • Latin: ens ubique — being everywhere
  • Latin: omnipraesens — being everywhere
  • Latin: ens undique — being everywhere
  • Macedonian: сепри́сутен (seprísuten) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpta) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamān) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrik) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: सर्वगत (sarvagat) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: विभु (vibhu) — being everywhere
  • Marathi: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpta) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamān) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrik) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: सर्वगत (sarvagat) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: विभु (vibhu) — being everywhere
  • Nepali: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allestedsnærværende — being everywhere
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: allstadnærværande — being everywhere
  • Occitan: ubic — being everywhere
  • Occitan: ubiquïsta — being everywhere
  • Occitan: ubiquïtari — being everywhere
  • Occitan: omnipresent — being everywhere
  • Persian: همه جا (hama jā) — being everywhere
  • Polish: wszędobylski — being everywhere
  • Polish: wszechobecny — being everywhere
  • Portuguese: ubíquo — being everywhere
  • Portuguese: omnipresente — being everywhere
  • Portuguese: onipresente — being everywhere
  • Romanian: ubicuu — being everywhere
  • Romanian: omniprezent — being everywhere
  • Russian: вездесу́щий (vezdesúščij) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpaka) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpta) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamāna) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrika) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: सर्वगत (sarvagata) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: विभु (vibhu) — being everywhere
  • Sanskrit: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — being everywhere
  • Spanish: ubicuo — being everywhere
  • Swedish: allestädes närvarande — being everywhere
  • Swedish: allmänt utbredd — being everywhere
  • Thai: พบทั่วไป — being everywhere
  • Thai: แพร่หลาย — being everywhere
  • Thai: ดาษดื่น — being everywhere
  • Thai: ดกดื่น — being everywhere
  • Thai: เกลื่อนกลาด — being everywhere
  • Turkish: aynı zamanda her yerde bulunan — being everywhere
  • Turkish: hâzır ve nâzır — being everywhere
  • Ukrainian: повсю́дний (povsjúdnyj) — being everywhere
  • Urdu: ہر جگہ (har jagah) — being everywhere
  • Afrikaans: alomteenwoordig — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Bulgarian: вездесъщ (vezdesǎšt) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Catalan: ubic — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無處不在的 /无处不在的 (wúchùbùzài de) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無所不在的 /无所不在的 (wúsuǒbùzài de) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Czech: všudypřítomný — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Dutch: alomtegenwoordig — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Finnish: kaikkialla läsnä oleva — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Finnish: ubiikki — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • French: ubiquiste — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • French: ubiquitaire — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • German: allgegenwärtig — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • German: überall vorhanden — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Greek: πανταχού παρών (pantachoú parón) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpt) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamān) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrik) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: सर्वगत (sarvagat) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: विभु (vibhu) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Hindi: हर जगह (har jagah) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Italian: ubiquitario — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Latin: ubiquitus — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Latin: visus simul ubique — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Macedonian: сепри́сутен (seprísuten) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpta) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamān) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrik) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: सर्वगत (sarvagat) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: विभु (vibhu) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Marathi: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpak) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpta) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamān) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrik) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: सर्वगत (sarvagat) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: विभु (vibhu) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Nepali: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Occitan: ubic — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Occitan: ubiquïtari — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Persian: همه جا (hama jā) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Polish: wszechobecny — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Portuguese: ubíquo — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Russian: вездесу́щий (vezdesúščij) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: सर्वव्यापी (sarvavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: सर्वव्यापक (sarvavyāpaka) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: सर्वत्रव्याप्त (sarvatravyāpta) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: सर्वत्रवर्तमान (sarvatravartamāna) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: सार्वत्रिक (sārvatrika) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: सर्वगत (sarvagata) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: विभु (vibhu) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Sanskrit: देशव्यापी (deśavyāpī) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Spanish: ubicuo — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Spanish: común — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Swedish: (de är, man ser dem) överallt — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Thai: มีอยู่ทุกหนทุกแห่ง (mii-yùu-túk-hǒn-túk-hɛ̀ng) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Turkish: hâzır ve nâzır — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Ukrainian: всюдису́щий (vsjudysúščyj) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Ukrainian: всепрису́тній (vseprysútnij) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
  • Urdu: ہر جگہ (har jagah) — seeming to appear everywhere at the same time
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