Antonyms for ubiquitous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : yoo-bik-wi-tuh s
Phonetic Transcription : yuˈbɪk wɪ təs


Definition of ubiquitous

Origin :
  • "turning up everywhere," 1837, from ubiquity + -ous. The earlier word was ubiquitary (1580s), from Modern Latin ubiquitarius, from ubique. Related: Ubiquitously; ubiquitousness.
  • adj ever-present
Example sentences :
  • Does a newspaper, even the ubiquitous Petit Journal, penetrate into these solitudes?
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • But Sir Joseph was ubiquitous; and the whole of that place was barred against him.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • He is supreme and ubiquitous in consciousness: his heart beats in every Element.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • And they ran as if their life was at stake to do his bidding; were so active that they seemed to be ubiquitous.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • In some ruined houses were yet more Scotsmen, most ubiquitous of peoples.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • This fellow was a specimen of this genus that was ubiquitous in the army.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • The ubiquitous Chief of the Secret Service shrugged his shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • Freya haunted them both like an ubiquitous spirit, and as if she were the only woman in the world.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • The men worked with good will; their officers, with ubiquitous energy.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • The air was warm and still, heavy with the ubiquitous smells and sounds of wilderness.
  • Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker

Synonyms for ubiquitous

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