Meanings
proper noun
- historicalgovernmentThose countries aligned with the West during the Cold War.
Meronym: Western Bloc
2 more examples
Holonyms: world, World
Near-synonym: free world
Synonyms: free world
- informalWealthy, developed nations.
first-world problems
2 more examples
Holonyms: world, World
Near-synonyms: Global North, developed countries
Synonyms: Global North, developed countries
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThose countries aligned with the West during the Cold War.
Similar
proper nounWealthy, developed nations.
proper nounSynonym of Tokpela.
Similar
Also see
Translations
Arabic الْعَالَم الْأَوَّل, الْعَالَم الْأَوَّل
- الْعَالَم الْأَوَّل (al-ʕālam al-ʔawwal)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- الْعَالَم الْأَوَّل (al-ʕālam al-ʔawwal)wealthy, developed nations
Bulgarian пъ́рви свят, пъ́рвият свят
- пъ́рви свят (pắrvi svjat)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- пъ́рвият свят (pắrvijat svjat)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- пъ́рви свят (pắrvi svjat)wealthy, developed nations
- пъ́рвият свят (pắrvijat svjat)wealthy, developed nations
Chinese Mandarin 第一世界, 第一世界
- 第一世界 (dìyī shìjiè)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- 第一世界 (dìyī shìjiè)wealthy, developed nations
Czech první svět, první svět
- první světcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- první světwealthy, developed nations
Danish første verden, vesten
- første verdencountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- vestencountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- ilandwealthy, developed nations
Dutch eerste wereld
- eerste wereldcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
Finnish ensimmäinen maailma, ensimmäinen maailma
- ensimmäinen maailmacountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- ensimmäinen maailmawealthy, developed nations
French premier monde, pays développés
- premier mondecountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- pays développéswealthy, developed nations
- premier mondewealthy, developed nations
German Erste Welt, Erste Welt
- Erste Weltcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- Erste Weltwealthy, developed nations
Japanese 第一世界, 第一世界
- 第一世界 (daiichisekai)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- 第一世界 (daiichisekai)wealthy, developed nations
Korean 제1세계, 제일세계
- 제1세계 (je1segye)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- 제일세계 (jeilsegye)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- 제1세계 (je1segye)wealthy, developed nations
- 제일세계 (jeilsegye)wealthy, developed nations
Polish Pierwszy Świat, Pierwszy Świat
- Pierwszy Światcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- Pierwszy Światwealthy, developed nations
Portuguese primeiro mundo, primeiro mundo
- primeiro mundocountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- primeiro mundowealthy, developed nations
Russian пе́рвый мир, пе́рвый мир
- пе́рвый мир (pérvyj mir)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- пе́рвый мир (pérvyj mir)wealthy, developed nations
Slovak prvý svet, prvý svet
- prvý svetcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- prvý svetwealthy, developed nations
Spanish primer mundo, primer mundo
- primer mundocountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- primer mundowealthy, developed nations
Swedish i-land, väst
- i-landcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- västcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- västvärldencountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- västländernacountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- första världenwealthy, developed nations
Thai โลกที่หนึ่ง
- โลกที่หนึ่งcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
Ukrainian пе́рший світ, пе́рший світ
- пе́рший світ (péršyj svit)countries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- пе́рший світ (péršyj svit)wealthy, developed nations
Vietnamese Thế giới thứ nhất, Thế giới thứ nhất
- Thế giới thứ nhấtcountries aligned with the West during the Cold War
- Thế giới thứ nhấtwealthy, developed nations
Cite this entry
APA
First World. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/First%20World
MLA
“First World.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/First%20World. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “First World,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/First%20World.
Source: First World on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.